deactivate

Questions about deactivate

What does deactivate mean?

deactivate means "remove from active military status or reassign". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deactivate?

deactivate has 4 syllables: de-ac-ti-vate. The stress falls on "ac". In IPA it is /ˌdiˈæktɪˌveɪt/.

What is another word for deactivate?

Close synonyms include inactivate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deactivate a common word?

deactivate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deactivate?

12 words rhyme with deactivate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.