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
West followed the spectacle by publishing numerous inappropriate and racist posts to his X account, which was subsequently deactivated.
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Thania Garcia, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
As of Monday morning, after an unfortunately characteristic several days of posting wildly offensive stuff, the rapper’s account was listed as deactivated.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
Its kidneys will come from pigs with 69 gene edits, including 59 edits meant to deactivate porcine viruses.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
The whole thing has since gone viral and turned Gascón, who quickly deactivated her X account, into Hollywood’s version of Gary Condit, John Edwards or George Santos — in other words, completely toxic.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
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Thania Garcia, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
As of Monday morning, after an unfortunately characteristic several days of posting wildly offensive stuff, the rapper’s account was listed as deactivated.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
Its kidneys will come from pigs with 69 gene edits, including 59 edits meant to deactivate porcine viruses.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
The whole thing has since gone viral and turned Gascón, who quickly deactivated her X account, into Hollywood’s version of Gary Condit, John Edwards or George Santos — in other words, completely toxic.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
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The dismissals come less than three weeks after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people and brought new scrutiny to air traffic controllers and their workloads.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Over the last four years, the flooding in Eastern Kentucky has killed more than 50 people.—
Tricia Fulks Kelley,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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According to witnesses and vehicle data, the teen didn’t brake or take evasive maneuvers in the seconds leading up to the crash.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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While the jobs market always turns down last, Szilagyi remains convinced the Fed will continue to brake the economy.—
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CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Credit factors in affordable housing are also shutting off opportunity for aspiring home buyers.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The company is, not coincidentally, shutting off security updates for most Windows 10 users in October.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Deactivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivate. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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