How to Use deactivate in a Sentence

deactivate

verb
Definition of deactivatenext
Synonyms for deactivatenext
  • That’s why the Left feels the need to deactivate the feeling of unity that is born of tragic times.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The electric field deactivates, and the stack cools down; the pump pushes the oil back through the stack to the other, cold end, and the PST absorbs some of its heat.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
  • While 18 of the cards had been used, two were deactivated.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 10 May 2018
  • Lift your foot off the throttle and all the cylinders deactivate.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2018
  • The new address was released to the public, but nobody thought to deactivate the old one.
    — New York Times, 15 July 2019
  • Maeve can deactivate all the bad guys by casting her witchy spells.
    — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 21 May 2018
  • And then if you do get stung, getting in hot water, like a hot tub can deactivate it.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • The Panthers deactivated the 2013 Pro Bowler thereafter and placed him on the exempt list.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2018
  • The initial plan was to deactivate three fire engines for six days at a time in an effort to save $5 million.
    — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • But cancer cells have many strategies to hide from T cells, fend them off, or deactivate them.
    — Caroline Seydel, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Activity Key locks the doors and deactivates the key fob, which can be left in the vehicle.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 26 May 2018
  • Guests must be informed and given the option to deactivate them.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
  • Those players will watch the game from the sideline, just like the seven members of the 53-man roster who have been deactivated.
    — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Checkpoint inhibitors deactivate the brakes and allow the T-cells to get moving again.
    — Greg Kahn, Smithsonian, 22 Mar. 2018
  • On the last jump, players must grab a plug while midair in a leap of faith to successfully deactivate the satellite.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • To deactivate the cling, swipe a dryer sheet on the problem surface areas.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The tweet has since been deleted and her account has been deactivated.
    — Lynzy Billing, ELLE, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The rest of Kendall's website, KendallJ.com, has been deactivated already, so she's gotten a jump start on her plan.
    — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2017
  • This smart water bottle claims to deactivate up to 99% of bacteria and to self-clean via a UV function.
    — Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2023
  • And millions of Facebook users have weighed whether to delete or deactivate their accounts.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Instead, the research shows the statues were defaced to deactivate the life form believed to be within them.
    — Dima Amro, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Tap or click here to see how to deactivate your social media profiles for good.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The late addition of hops to cold wort during the dry-hopping process means those key enzymes aren't deactivated by the high heat of the boiling stage.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2018
  • Concrete bunkers were built there to store munitions, but the depot was deactivated in the 1960s.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
  • To deactivate the cling, swipe a dryer sheet on the problem surface areas.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
  • After trading for him, he was deactivated for the final 2½ months of the season.
    — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • In 2016, the city began deactivating accounts that had been dormant for two years.
    — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
  • An election judge can order people to deactivate or turn off the devices on-site.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Nov. 2024
  • On Sunday evening, West seemed to deactivate his own account.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The Rapid Trigger feature eliminates the latency between key presses because they’re deactivated instantly on release and can activate again on a press.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025

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