English verb: inactivate | |||
| 1. | inactivate (competition) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | ||
| Synonyms | demobilise, demobilize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, muster out | ||
| Antonyms | mobilise, mobilize, rally, call up | ||
| 2. | inactivate (change) make inactive | ||
| Samples | They deactivated the file. | ||
| Synonyms | deactivate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | paralyse, paralyze | ||
| Antonyms | activate | ||