Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To render inactive or ineffective.
- transitive verb To inhibit, block, or disrupt the action of (an enzyme or other biological agent).
- transitive verb To remove from active military status.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make inactive; to render ineffective.
- transitive verb To disband (a military unit, or other group); to discontinue (a group activity).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb ergative to make something
inactive or no longereffective - verb to
prevent theaction of abiochemical agent (such as anenzyme ) - verb to
remove a person or piece ofhardware fromactive military service
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make inactive
- verb remove from active military status or reassign
Etymologies
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Examples
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What's interesting is that they don't delete your information or pictures when you "deactivate" your account.
Facebook goes down, is it the end of the world? | Sync Blog 2007
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The only Islam we can be comfortable with is one that places the stress on personal spiritual development, that explicitly accepts our democracy and our laws, and which places Islamic ideology in a historical context, so as to "deactivate" it. elixelx
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Facebook used the term "deactivate" in its privacy policy, and "deactivation," it turned out, was not the same as deletion.
Archive 2008-03-02 2008
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I don't want to do the stupid "deactivate" thing - I want my account to be gone forever.
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Facebook says on its website that you can "deactivate" your account by following these steps:
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But the social network will hold onto your photos and posts if you only "deactivate" your account.
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The key thing here to me is that many people confuse "deactivate" with "delete".
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But the social network will hold onto your photos and posts if you only "deactivate" your account.
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Facebook says on its website that you can "deactivate" your account by following these steps:
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Facebook Account page and click the "deactivate" link at the bottom.
GeekLikeMe.net 2009
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