as in killed
to cause to stop functioning
deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock
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Recent Examples of deactivated
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The reposts were taken down, and Harvey's Instagram account has since been deactivated.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 16 Sep. 2025
Drivers accused of violating the policy could have their account permanently deactivated.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
By late Friday morning, his Facebook account appeared to be deactivated.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In that configuration, throttle response increases, steering assist decreases (steering feel gets heavier), the idle stop system is deactivated, and the instrument accent lighting changes from white to red—the Si transforms, within seconds, into a sport sedan.
—Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Felker-Martin’s Bluesky account is now deactivated, but those posts were screenshotted and widely spread before DC canceled the series.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
On 57 occasions, the lane keeping or adaptive cruise control deactivated, and there were 43 instances of a test car failing to adequately slow down, of which 70 percent required the driver to hit the brakes.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
As part of this switch, a live power cable running underneath the area was deactivated.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The account that had impersonated him, after blowing up on @joma_gc, deactivated and removed all of its information from the page.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The reposts were taken down, and Harvey's Instagram account has since been deactivated.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 16 Sep. 2025
Drivers accused of violating the policy could have their account permanently deactivated.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
By late Friday morning, his Facebook account appeared to be deactivated.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In that configuration, throttle response increases, steering assist decreases (steering feel gets heavier), the idle stop system is deactivated, and the instrument accent lighting changes from white to red—the Si transforms, within seconds, into a sport sedan.
—Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Felker-Martin’s Bluesky account is now deactivated, but those posts were screenshotted and widely spread before DC canceled the series.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
On 57 occasions, the lane keeping or adaptive cruise control deactivated, and there were 43 instances of a test car failing to adequately slow down, of which 70 percent required the driver to hit the brakes.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
As part of this switch, a live power cable running underneath the area was deactivated.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deactivated
Verb
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Antifa supporters were involved in the Black Lives Matter protests that surged in 2020 after then-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd during an arrest on May 25 of that year.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Strikes have leveled high-rise buildings across the city and killed dozens in recent days as the Israeli military prepared to move in on the ground.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The website is almost unusable.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The process requires hundreds of delicate manual steps, and any contamination renders a dose unusable.—
Jennifer Kite-Powell,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If the plaque weakens and breaks apart, large clumps are released into the blood stream, and a large clump can block an artery, completely shutting off blood flow and causing a heart attack.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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Auto start-stop is a vehicle feature that shuts off the engine when a vehicle is stopped to conserve fuel.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One of the great things about having no ‘position’ anymore is the realization that a platform is actually useless without courage.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In this context, F-16s can seem useless.—
Rick Bennett,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The microwave filter is crucial for protecting your microwave's internal parts from gunk getting stuck or the fans from overheating.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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With anxiety, you’re stuck in hypothetical scenarios.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In turn, the Koch brothers supported climate denial think tanks, while Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox News nightly broadcasts worked overtime to convince Americans that both climate change and COVID-19 were hoaxes or that vaccines were ineffective or unsafe.—
Michael E. Mann,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to a report sponsored by AWS, this restrictive approach proved both ineffective and counterproductive.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Delegates had been seeking a breakthrough in the deadlocked United Nations talks in Geneva, but states pushing for an ambitious treaty said that the latest text released in the early hours of Friday failed to meet their expectations.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Yet that path now looks unworkable.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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But their aims largely run counter to one another: One bill is accused of doing too much and implementing unworkable rules.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Deactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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