as in to kill
to cause to stop functioning
deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock
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Recent Examples of deactivate
The post has since been deleted and the NFL player's account appears to be deactivated.
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
To save energy for further interstellar exploration, mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) deactivated Voyager 1's cosmic ray subsystem experiment on Feb. 25.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Gascón eventually deleted the posts, issued an apology then deactivated her X account.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Why this is important for your business: Important note: this feature is deactivated by default and requires PowerShell with administrator rights to enable.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
To save energy for further interstellar exploration, mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) deactivated Voyager 1's cosmic ray subsystem experiment on Feb. 25.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Gascón eventually deleted the posts, issued an apology then deactivated her X account.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Why this is important for your business: Important note: this feature is deactivated by default and requires PowerShell with administrator rights to enable.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Advertisement At least 400 Gazans were killed on the first day of strikes, in what was one of the deadliest single-day tolls of the war, the Associated Press reported.—
TIME,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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The last stop on that tour is the Yellow Oval Room, where A.B. was killed.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2025
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The switch between regenerative and friction braking during a single pedal movement can cause a vehicle's brakes to grab differently resulting in a slow or stop that is not smooth.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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New York Open Data showed that certain types of delays, such as those related to braking issues, rail and roadbed problems and service delivery, decreased on the A line from September to December.—
Nic F. Anderson,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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For four weeks, Israel has shut off all sources of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies for the Gaza Strip's population of more than 2 million Palestinians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2025
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As a precaution, gas was shut off Monday to the building at the fire department's request.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Deactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivate. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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