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
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
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
Adjective
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deactivated
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There’s no due process here, either; the three triumvirs don’t get their hands dirty, their decisions can’t be appealed, and there’s no public process by which those to be killed will be identified before the decision is final.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Five people were killed and one was injured in five vehicle crashes on Arkansas roads from Saturday through Wednesday, according to preliminary police reports.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Photos taken immediately after the carpet removal show that the classroom was left in unusable condition, with a portion of the carpet remaining attached to the floor.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Springsteen grew up alongside rock’n’roll, absorbing its origin story and waiting for the day when his ability to write a killer riff would transport him from the misery of living with a father who didn’t understand him, shut off from a world that promised so much but gave so little.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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At one point, customers heard a rumor that SDG&E was shutting off electricity to the building — an alarming development that would have left the business’s freezers without power.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But to borrow Manidis’s framework, the drive to create such a tool conflates useless toil with meaningful labor.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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The rules of grammar were useless now, and never truly rules.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.—
Michael Cuby,
Them.,
24 Oct. 2025
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There was one particular pass that stuck in the mind.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Quarterback Geno Smith was highly ineffective, passing for just 67 yards on 10 completions, while the Vegas run game mustered just 25 yards on 11 carries.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Matvei Michkov has just one goal coming late in the Flyers’ loss to the Jets on Thursday, but was once again benched for the second half of the third period after too many ineffective shifts and careless plays with the puck.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the jury remained deadlocked, and the judge declared a mistrial.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The next Senate vote to fund the government is scheduled for Tuesday, though Congress appears to remain deadlocked.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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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So, yes, as unworkable as this plan might seem for the Palestinian group, a Hamas assent is entirely plausible.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Deactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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