deactivate

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(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

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deactivate (third-person singular simple present deactivates, present participle deactivating, simple past and past participle deactivated)

(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
(Internet, euphemistic, neologism) to commit suicide

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to make something inactive or no longer effective

Azerbaijani: deaktivləşdirmək
Catalan: desactivar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使無效／使无效 (shǐ wúxiào)
Esperanto: malaktivigi, senaktivigi
Finnish: deaktivoida, tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi
French: désactiver (fr)
German: deaktivieren (de)
Greek: απενεργοποιώ (el) (apenergopoió)
Hindi: निष्क्रिय करना (niṣkriya karnā)
Hungarian: hatástalanít (hu), inaktivál (hu), deaktivál (hu)
Indonesian: menonaktifkan (id)
Italian: disattivare (it)
Kazakh: жансыздану (jansyzdanu)
Malay: menyahaktifkan
Maori: whakakaurapa, taupāhohe (refers to computing)
Polish: dezaktywować impf, zdezaktywować pf
Portuguese: desactivar
Russian: деактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (deaktivírovatʹ); отключа́ть (ru) impf (otključátʹ), отключи́ть (ru) pf (otključítʹ), дезактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (dezaktivírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: deaktivirati
Spanish: desactivar (es)
Welsh: dadweithredoli

to prevent the action of a biochemical agent

Catalan: desactivar (ca)
Finnish: deaktivoida
German: unterbinden (de)
Russian: дезактиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (dezaktivírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: deaktivirati

to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service

Russian: демобилизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (demobilizovátʹ)