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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges);
[syn: deactivation, inactivation]

2. the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb);
[syn: deactivation, defusing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deactivation \de*ac`ti*va"tion\, n.
   The act or process of deactivating.
   [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deactivation
    n 1: breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
         [syn: deactivation, inactivation]
    2: the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
       [syn: deactivation, defusing] [ant: activation]