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      deactivation
      noun
      the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
      breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
      Roots
      dede- · Latin · reversal, removalactusactiv- · Latin · done, drivenatio-ation · Latin · action or process
      Words related to deactivation
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