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deaktivieren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deactivate verb To turn something off or make it no longer work.
  • disable verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.

Senses

deaktivieren is used for these senses in English:

  • deactivate (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
  • disable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
  • uncheck (travel, aviation) To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.

deactivate — full definition

  1. verb To turn something off or make it no longer work.
  2. verb To take a piece of equipment or a person out of active military service.

disable — full definition

  1. verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
  2. verb To turn off or deactivate a function, especially on a device or system.

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