How to Use deactivate in a Sentence

deactivate

verb

• 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
• Guests must be informed and given the option to deactivate them.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
• 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
• The tweet has since been deleted and her account has been deactivated.
  — Lynzy Billing, ELLE, 24 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• In 2016, the city began deactivating accounts that had been dormant for two years.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
• Even so, Levine said Ballad would not deactivate the five-letter search.
  — Brett Kelman, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
• Though the stars showed support for DeBose, criticism about the rap led the Oscar winner to deactivate her X account.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
• But there is only one reason for this Peter Parker to take off or deactivate the mask in battle.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 25 Oct. 2021
• The company is using a form of gene therapy to deactivate the transthyretin gene in the livers of ATTR patients.
  — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
• Want to deactivate your Facebook account, but are afraid of losing your precious videos?
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2022
• The account was deactivated briefly last week but was active again Wednesday evening.
  — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
• And the malicious code would have to be sophisticated enough to recognize a test of the machines and deactivate itself for the duration of the test.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• Users wishing to keep their Instagram account will only be able to deactivate their Threads page.
  — Time, 6 July 2023
• Inside each case is a detonator that can be used to deactivate any team of their choosing, dropping them into the water.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• During the calls, the groups can threaten to deactivate a merchant’s listing over Google services unless a $99 fee is paid as part of the verification process.
  — PCMAG, 29 Nov. 2022
• According to the ministry, a specialist team was deployed to the scene on Monday and deactivated the device.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Much of what happened next would not be seen because all three of the officers’ body cameras dislodged or deactivated, though some audio could still be heard.
  — Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• As of press time, Healy’s Instagram and Twitter pages have been deactivated and deleted.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2023
• The driver was deactivated on the Lyft platform on October 2.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
• Dolores instead gives control of the Rehoboam to Caleb to deactivate it, as only a human can destroy the supercomputer through a pure act of free will.
  — Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 June 2022
• Scooter companies Bird, Lime and Spin had until midnight Monday to deactivate their scooters and now have 24 hours to remove them.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2021
• Also, when a chase is terminated officers are to deactivate their lights and sirens, resume a safe speed and comply with traffic laws.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• The pouches help people keep unused prescription pills away from anyone who shouldn’t have them by deactivating the drugs.
  — Kayla Nguyen, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
• Officials from Turkey said Wednesday that for the third time, its military had detected a mine drifting in the Black Sea and was preparing to deactivate it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• What’s more, user trust has slumped as Musk has cut back content moderation on the platform, leading thousands of users to deactivate their accounts.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 July 2023
• That includes better sensors to detect and classify unknown drones and better weapons to deactivate or shoot them down.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
• The debut of the McLaren Control Launcher also means driver's can configured their favorite drive-mode settings and activate or deactivate them on the fly.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 26 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024