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Disactivate vs. Deactivate: What's the Difference?

"Disactivate" is a rarely used and generally incorrect term, while "deactivate" is the correct term meaning to make something inactive or turn it off.

Disactivate and Deactivate Definitions

Disactivate

(nonstandard) deactivate

Deactivate

To render inactive or ineffective.

Deactivate

To inhibit, block, or disrupt the action of (an enzyme or other biological agent).

Deactivate

To remove from active military status.

Deactivate

(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
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Deactivate

To prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)

Deactivate

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

Deactivate

To make inactive; to render ineffective; as, to deactivate a bomb; to deactivate a machine; to deactivate the alarm.

Deactivate

To disband (a military unit, or other group); to discontinue (a group activity); as, to deactivate the regiment; to deactivate the investigation.

Deactivate

Remove from active military status or reassign;
The men were deactivated after five years of service
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Deactivate

Make inactive;
They deactivated the file

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