Usually means: Ceases to function or operate.
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  1. deactivates: Merriam-Webster
  2. deactivates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deactivates: Vocabulary.com
  4. deactivates: Wordnik
  5. deactivates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. deactivates: Wiktionary
  7. deactivates: Dictionary.com
  8. deactivates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deactivates: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deactivates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See deactivate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (deactivate)

verb:  (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
verb:  to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
verb:  to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
verb:  (Internet, euphemistic, neologism) to commit suicide
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