1. Remove from active military status or reassign
   "The men were deactivated after five years of service" 
2. Make inactive
   "they deactivated the file"
   - inactivate

Derived forms: deactivates, deactivated, deactivating

See also: deactivation

Type of: alter, change, discharge, modify, muster out

Encyclopedia: Deactivate

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