deactivate

The word “deactivate” has 4 syllables: de-ac-ti-vate

It's pronounced as /diːˈæktɪˌveɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for deactivate?

In the thesaurus, “deactivate” has 19 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for deactivate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for deactivate

  • arrest
  • brake
  • chock
  • cut off
  • demilitarize
  • disband
  • dismantle
  • draw up
  • halt
  • jam
  • kill
  • make inactive
  • mothball
  • phase out
  • shut down
  • shut off
  • stall
  • stick
  • turn off

Antonyms for deactivate

  • activate
  • actuate
  • charge
  • discharge
  • drive
  • electrify
  • energize
  • fire
  • fuel
  • generate
  • launch
  • move
  • power
  • propel
  • push
  • reactivate
  • recharge
  • release
  • run
  • set off
  • spark
  • start
  • switch
  • touch off
  • trigger
  • trip
  • turn on

Meanings of deactivate

  • verb
    1. To make something inactive or no longer effective.
    2. To prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme).
    3. To remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service.

Example Sentences

  • Make sure to deactivate your social media accounts before leaving for an extended vacation.
  • The security team decided to deactivate the alarm system temporarily for maintenance.
  • It's important to deactivate old accounts to prevent unauthorized access to personal information.
  • The technician will deactivate the faulty software module to prevent system crashes.
  • Please remember to deactivate your subscription if you no longer wish to receive automatic payments.

On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to deactivate, such as: activate, actuate, arrest, brake, charge, chock, cut off.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

halt

  • Mexican standoff
  • abate
  • abeyance
  • abolish
  • abort
  • adjourn
  • ailing
  • annul
  • arrest
  • arrestment
  • back down
  • baffle
  • balance
  • balk
  • bar
  • be defective
  • bind
  • bite the dust
  • blind
  • block
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  • blow the whistle on
  • blunder
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  • breakoff
  • bring to an end
  • bring to standstill
  • bring up
  • call
  • call it a day
  • can
  • catch
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  • cessation
  • challenged
  • check
  • choke off
  • clamp down
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  • close
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  • closure
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  • corner
  • curb
  • cut off
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  • cutoff
  • dally
  • dam
  • dawdle
  • deactivate
  • dead end
  • dead-end
  • deadlock
  • deaf
  • debate
  • delay
  • deliberate
  • demolish
  • desist
  • destroy
  • detain
  • deter
  • determine
  • die
  • differently abled
  • difficulty
  • dilemma
  • disabled
  • discontinuance
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  • diseased
  • dissolve
  • dither
  • dodder
  • draw up
  • drop
  • drop anchor
  • elapse
  • end
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  • equivocate
  • exceptional
  • expiration
  • expire
  • falter
  • fetch up
  • finish
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  • flounder
  • freeze
  • frustrate
  • give over
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  • gridlock
  • grinding halt
  • hamper
  • hang back
  • hard of hearing
  • have done with
  • haw
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  • hesitate
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  • hitch
  • hobble
  • hold
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  • hole
  • ill
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  • intermit
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  • jam
  • kibosh
  • kill
  • knock off
  • lame
  • lapse
  • lay off
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  • leave off
  • let up
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  • limp
  • linger
  • logjam
  • lurch
  • mop-up
  • morass
  • moratorium
  • mute
  • obstruct
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  • oscillate
  • paralyzed
  • pass
  • pause
  • phaseout
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • plight
  • ponder
  • postponement
  • predicament
  • problem
  • procrastinate
  • pull up
  • punctuate
  • pussyfoot
  • put a cork in
  • put the kibosh on
  • quadriplegic
  • quagmire
  • quandary
  • quit
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  • rest
  • ruin
  • screaming halt
  • screeching halt
  • scruple
  • scuttle
  • shamble
  • shilly-shally
  • shuffle
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  • shutoff
  • sick
  • snag
  • snuff
  • special-needs
  • spot
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stagger
  • stalemate
  • stall
  • stammer
  • stamp
  • stanch
  • stand
  • stand still
  • standoff
  • standstill
  • staunch
  • stay
  • stem
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  • stoppage
  • stumble
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  • suppress
  • surcease
  • suspend
  • suspension
  • sway
  • teeter
  • terminate
  • termination
  • totter
  • turn back
  • unfit
  • unhealthy
  • unsound
  • unwell
  • vacillate
  • wabble
  • waffle
  • wait
  • waver
  • weigh
  • whiffle
  • wiggle-waggle
  • wind down
  • wind up
  • wobble

kibosh

  • abolish
  • abort
  • annul
  • arrest
  • block
  • blockade
  • brake
  • break
  • break off
  • break up
  • call
  • can
  • cancellation
  • cease
  • check
  • clamp down
  • complete
  • conclude
  • curb
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • dam
  • deactivate
  • delay
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • detain
  • discontinue
  • dissolve
  • drop
  • end
  • finish
  • give over
  • halt
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hold back
  • impede
  • kill
  • knock off
  • lay off
  • leave off
  • obstruct
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  • quit
  • ruin
  • scuttle
  • shut off
  • snuff
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stamp
  • stanch
  • staunch
  • stay
  • stem
  • stop
  • stunt
  • suppress
  • suspend
  • turn back
  • veto

quit

  • abandon
  • abate
  • abdicate
  • abjure
  • abolish
  • abort
  • abscond
  • acquiesce
  • acquit
  • act
  • adjourn
  • annul
  • arrest
  • bag
  • bail
  • bail out
  • balance
  • bear
  • beat it
  • begone
  • behave
  • bite the dust
  • blink
  • block
  • blockade
  • blow
  • book
  • bow
  • bow out
  • brake
  • break
  • break down
  • break off
  • break up
  • budge
  • bug off
  • bug out
  • bugger off
  • call
  • call it a day
  • call it quits
  • can
  • capitulate
  • carry
  • cease
  • check
  • check out
  • chuck
  • clamp down
  • clear
  • clear off
  • clear out
  • close
  • collect
  • complete
  • comport
  • compose
  • concede
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • constrain
  • contain
  • control
  • curb
  • cut it out
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • dam
  • deactivate
  • dead-end
  • decamp
  • defer
  • delay
  • deliver
  • delivered
  • demean
  • demolish
  • depart
  • deport
  • desert
  • desist
  • destroy
  • detain
  • determine
  • die
  • dig out
  • discard
  • discharge
  • discontinue
  • disencumbered
  • disown
  • disregard
  • dissolve
  • distance
  • ditch
  • drop
  • drop out
  • dump
  • elapse
  • emigrate
  • end
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • exit
  • expire
  • finish
  • flee
  • fling
  • fly
  • foot
  • forget
  • forsake
  • free
  • freed
  • get
  • get off
  • get on the wagon
  • get out
  • give in
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  • give over
  • give up
  • go
  • go away from
  • go off
  • go out
  • halt
  • hand over
  • handle
  • hang it up
  • have done with
  • hinder
  • hit the road
  • hold
  • hold back
  • ignore
  • impede
  • impersonate
  • inhibit
  • jettison
  • junk
  • kibosh
  • kick over
  • kick the habit
  • kill
  • knock off
  • knuckle under
  • lapse
  • lay off
  • leave
  • leave flat
  • leave hanging
  • leave off
  • let up
  • liberated
  • light out
  • liquidate
  • maroon
  • meet
  • mizzle
  • moderate
  • modulate
  • move
  • neglect
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  • pack in
  • part
  • pass
  • pause
  • pay
  • pay off
  • pay up
  • peel off
  • play
  • pony up
  • pull out
  • pull stakes
  • pull up stakes
  • push off
  • push on
  • put the kibosh on
  • quiet
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  • recompense
  • reject
  • released
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • remove
  • renounce
  • repress
  • repudiate
  • resign
  • restrain
  • retire
  • retreat
  • ruin
  • run along
  • run away
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  • sacrifice
  • say uncle
  • scarper
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  • scrap
  • scuttle
  • secede
  • set out
  • settle
  • sew up
  • shed
  • shut off
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  • snuff
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stall
  • stamp
  • stanch
  • stand
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  • stem
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  • stunt
  • submit
  • succumb
  • suppress
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  • surrender
  • suspend
  • take a hike
  • take a powder
  • take a walk
  • take off
  • take the cure
  • taper off
  • temper
  • terminate
  • throw away
  • throw in the sponge
  • throw in the towel
  • throw out
  • throw over
  • throw up
  • turn back
  • unburdened
  • unhampered
  • unimpeded
  • vacate
  • vamoose
  • walk away from
  • walk out
  • walk out on
  • wind down
  • wind up
  • withdraw
  • wrap up
  • yield

kill

  • X out
  • abbreviate
  • affluent
  • allure
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • arrest
  • arroyo
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • bayou
  • beast
  • beck
  • beckon
  • beguile
  • bewitch
  • billabong
  • black out
  • blackball
  • blacklist
  • bleep
  • blip
  • blot out
  • blue-pencil
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • bowdlerize
  • brake
  • branch
  • break
  • brook
  • brooklet
  • brute
  • bump off
  • burn
  • burn out
  • bust
  • butcher
  • canal
  • cancel
  • captivate
  • carry off
  • cease
  • censor
  • channel
  • charm
  • chase
  • chock
  • claim
  • clip
  • confluent
  • coulee
  • counteract
  • court
  • creature
  • creek
  • critter
  • croak
  • crop
  • crucify
  • cut
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cutoff
  • deactivate
  • deaden
  • debilitate
  • decimate
  • decline
  • defeat
  • dele
  • delete
  • delight
  • destroy
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • disarm
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dispatch
  • distributary
  • do away with
  • do for
  • do in
  • do up
  • down
  • drain
  • draw
  • draw up
  • drown
  • dump
  • efface
  • electrocute
  • elide
  • enchant
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • enrapture
  • enthral
  • enthrall
  • entice
  • entrance
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • excise
  • execute
  • exhaust
  • expunge
  • expurgate
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fag
  • fascinate
  • fatigue
  • fell
  • finish
  • forbid
  • frazzle
  • fresh
  • freshet
  • game
  • garrote
  • get
  • gill
  • gratify
  • guillotine
  • gut
  • halt
  • hang
  • harass
  • hit
  • ice
  • immolate
  • influent
  • interest
  • intrigue
  • invite
  • jam
  • kill off
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • launder
  • liquidate
  • lure
  • lynch
  • magnetize
  • make away with
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • millrace
  • millstream
  • mothball
  • mow
  • murder
  • negative
  • neutralize
  • nix
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • off
  • outwear
  • phase out
  • please
  • poison
  • polish off
  • prey
  • prohibit
  • pull
  • put away
  • put down
  • put to death
  • quarry
  • quash
  • quell
  • race
  • recant
  • red-pencil
  • redact
  • refuse
  • remove
  • repress
  • revoke
  • rill
  • rivulet
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • run
  • runlet
  • runnel
  • runoff
  • sacrifice
  • sap
  • scrag
  • seduce
  • shoot down
  • shorten
  • shut off
  • silence
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slew
  • slough
  • slue
  • smite
  • smother
  • snuff
  • solicit
  • stall
  • stick
  • stifle
  • still
  • stop
  • strangle
  • stream
  • streamlet
  • suffocate
  • suicide
  • suppress
  • take
  • take out
  • target
  • tempt
  • terminate
  • tire
  • tributary
  • turn off
  • turn out
  • veto
  • victim
  • wash
  • wash out
  • waste
  • watercourse
  • waterway
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wear to a frazzle
  • weary
  • whack
  • wile
  • wipe out
  • witch
  • woo
  • zap

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