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to cause to stop functioning
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Recent Examples of deactivated
Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
However, browser memories can be deactivated for specific websites.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Curry, the younger brother of Steph Curry, has spent the last few weeks at the team's facility working out, but had been deactivated for preseason games.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The Kansas Young Republicans organization was deactivated on Tuesday following an investigation by Politico into a trove of racist and derogatory messages exchanged in a group chat between young GOP members in four states.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
And, with about an hour before kickoff against the Colts, the team deactivated him.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
His TikTok page appears to have been deactivated.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
In True’s case, he was activated and then deactivated, and there are surely many more such men who can be manipulated into the same violence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
Britney Spears has seemingly deactivated her Instagram account.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
However, browser memories can be deactivated for specific websites.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Curry, the younger brother of Steph Curry, has spent the last few weeks at the team's facility working out, but had been deactivated for preseason games.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The Kansas Young Republicans organization was deactivated on Tuesday following an investigation by Politico into a trove of racist and derogatory messages exchanged in a group chat between young GOP members in four states.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
And, with about an hour before kickoff against the Colts, the team deactivated him.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
His TikTok page appears to have been deactivated.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
In True’s case, he was activated and then deactivated, and there are surely many more such men who can be manipulated into the same violence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deactivated
Adjective
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At 5-nanometre or smaller nodes (current cutting-edge chips), a tiny 30-nanometre particle (about 1/3,000th the width of a hair) can ruin a circuit and make the chip unusable.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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That said, while each companion’s abilities bring something to the table, they get downed by enemies a lot, which renders their abilities unusable until they can be revived.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tens of thousands of people have been killed throughout the conflict.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The recent floods in central Vietnam killed at least 13 people, inundated over 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, according to the government’s disaster agency, reported by Reuters.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Pattinson plays the character’s increasingly useless husband.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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My French was useless—I was also considered a tourist by association.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Greater Cincinnati Water Works will not shut off water for customers who don't pay their bills – if those customers have been furloughed from federal jobs or denied SNAP benefits.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Liz Marx, director of the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project, worries about families whose utility service is currently shut off who are counting on LIHEAP to restore services.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The report also concluded that the techniques used were ineffective.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Two years later, after more legal wrangling, the Connecticut Supreme Court voted narrowly to overturn his conviction, ruling that Skakel's right to a fair trial was compromised by ineffective legal representation.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Get live security wait times, so you’re not stuck in a five‑hour shuffle line that’s already happening.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sheridan figured out how to format her book, made a cover for it and stuck it on Amazon.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The government shutdown has continued as Congress remains deadlocked over the spending bill.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Peñalosa did not immediately respond Wednesday evening to a request for comment on the deadlocked jury and mistrial.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Empresa was discarded as unworkable — and not just because Spain was busy elsewhere.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Louisiana says law is 'unworkable and unconstitutional' Louisiana, which months ago defended the map legislators drew to include two majority-Black districts, now rejects it.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Deactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivated. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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