deactivate
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- (UK) IPA (key): /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: de‧ac‧ti‧vate
Verb[change]
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- (transitive) To deactivate means to make something not active.
- The machine deactivated the screen because it was idle.