- deactivation, inactivation - breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
--1 is a kind of dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
Derived form: verb deactivate1 - deactivation, defusing - the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
--2 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
Antonyms: activation
Derived form: verb deactivate2