{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"How to Write a Scary Story: Tips to Haunt Your Readers","content":{"topicLabel":"Writing tips"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader-20251006.png","description":"Interested in crafting the next big thriller or a spooky short story? Here are some tips to get started.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/keep-it-short-an-abbreviations-quiz","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"keep-it-short-an-abbreviations-quiz","questionNumber":"1"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/words-for-book-lovers/","text":"Words All Book Lovers Should Add to Their Lingo Library"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/passenger-princess/","text":"Do You Have a \"Passenger Princess\" In Your Car?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/macro-vs-micro-economics/","text":"Macro vs. Micro: the Big (and Small) Difference"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/cool-words","text":"15 Cool Words to Add to Your Vocabulary"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/french-fries-words-around-the-world/","text":"Frites, Chips, and More: French Fries Around the World"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/white-tie-vs-black-tie/","text":"White Tie vs. Black Tie: Which Is More Formal?"}],"topicLabel":"Commonly confused"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/face-in-clouds-emoji/","text":"How Are You Using the Face in Clouds Emoji 😶‍🌫️?"}],"topicLabel":"Emoji IRL"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whycapitali/","text":"Why Do We Capitalize the Pronoun \"I\"?"}],"topicLabel":"Writing"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"8aZl5lsAcHYHc-E9GLJYE","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6735726-17","sentence":"We found that the average college student would need to be paid around $50 to deactivate either Instagram or TikTok for four weeks.","source":{"sourceName":"Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-10-02T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-02T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/how-to-get-kids-to-give-up-social-media-on-their-own-dc863027","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Leonardo Bursztyn and Cass R. Sunstein","title":"Essay | How to Get Kids to Give Up Social Media on Their Own"},"offsets":[78,88]},{"id":"6735295-7","sentence":"Marine Corps ordnance disposal team then determined that the device was safe to transport and moved it off site, where it was deactivated.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-10-09T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-09T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-08/wwii-era-explosive-found-at-port-of-long-beach-during-construction","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Clara Harter","title":"WWII-era explosive found at Port of Long Beach during construction"},"offsets":[126,137]},{"id":"6732717-8","sentence":"The ticket James purchased had already been deactivated when he tried to scan it to enter the Amex stadium.","source":{"sourceName":"BBC","publicationDate":"2025-09-23T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-09-23T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c98en3pzrw5o","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"Premier League tickets: Touted resales exposed by BBC highlighted in Brighton vs Spurs match"},"offsets":[44,55]},{"id":"6731987-48","sentence":"Some of these people have turned off comments on their accounts, or deactivated them altogether.","source":{"sourceName":"BBC","publicationDate":"2025-09-17T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-09-17T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrp7xkd2gpo","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"Philippines: Fury over corruption and 'nepo babies' as floods paralyse daily life"},"offsets":[68,79]},{"id":"6729284-3","sentence":"Under the new laws, platforms must take \"reasonable steps\" to prevent Australian children from creating accounts on their sites, and deactivate existing ones.","source":{"sourceName":"BBC","publicationDate":"2025-08-31T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-08-31T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyrkj0d44vo","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"Australia's teen social media ban can be 'effective', report says"},"offsets":[133,143]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"Deactivate"},"requestId":"MlrbaGo4HJ9lMCwrxis8c","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"relatedEntries":[{"headword":"decommission","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"withdraw from active service","slug":"decommission","synonyms":[{"headword":"deactivate","slug":"deactivate"},{"headword":"demilitarize","slug":"demilitarize"},{"headword":"make inactive","slug":"make-inactive"},{"headword":"retire","slug":"retire"},{"headword":"shut down","slug":"shut-down"},{"headword":"shut off","slug":"shut-off"}]},{"headword":"defuse","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"disarm; smooth over","slug":"defuse","synonyms":[{"headword":"alleviate","slug":"alleviate"},{"headword":"deactivate","slug":"deactivate"},{"headword":"demilitarize","slug":"demilitarize"},{"headword":"diminish","slug":"diminish"},{"headword":"disable","slug":"disable"},{"headword":"lessen","slug":"lessen"},{"headword":"moderate","slug":"moderate"},{"headword":"mollify","slug":"mollify"},{"headword":"pacify","slug":"pacify"},{"headword":"pad","slug":"pad"},{"headword":"restrain","slug":"restrain"},{"headword":"soften","slug":"soften"},{"headword":"soothe","slug":"soothe"},{"headword":"subdue","slug":"subdue"},{"headword":"weaken","slug":"weaken"}]},{"headword":"disarm","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"render defenseless","slug":"disarm","synonyms":[{"headword":"conciliate","slug":"conciliate"},{"headword":"deactivate","slug":"deactivate"},{"headword":"debilitate","slug":"debilitate"},{"headword":"deescalate","slug":"deescalate"},{"headword":"demilitarize","slug":"demilitarize"},{"headword":"demobilize","slug":"demobilize"},{"headword":"disable","slug":"disable"},{"headword":"disband","slug":"disband"},{"headword":"disqualify","slug":"disqualify"},{"headword":"incapacitate","slug":"incapacitate"},{"headword":"invalidate","slug":"invalidate"},{"headword":"neutralize","slug":"neutralize"},{"headword":"occupy","slug":"occupy"},{"headword":"pacify","slug":"pacify"},{"headword":"paralyze","slug":"paralyze"},{"headword":"prostrate","slug":"prostrate"},{"headword":"skin","slug":"skin"},{"headword":"strip","slug":"strip"},{"headword":"subdue","slug":"subdue"},{"headword":"subjugate","slug":"subjugate"},{"headword":"unarm","slug":"unarm"},{"headword":"weaken","slug":"weaken"}]}],"slug":"deactivate"},"meta":{"arg":"deactivate","requestId":"GNJZ5Uwx7lvXcchSjbDH9","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T15:10:42Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"deactivate","standardForm":"deactivate"},"id":"6097fb72000000035200813c","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T15:10:42Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"deactivate","groups":["a","aa","c","d","e","ee","i","t","tt","v"],"numLetters":10,"reverse":"etavitcaed","subwordTokens":["deactivate","eactivate","activate","ctivate","tivate","ivate","vate","ate","te","e"]},"normalizedLetter":"d","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"6097fb720000000352008141","ordinal":1,"shortText":"decommission","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"disband","id":"6097fb7f00000000ba004c70","slug":"disband"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"shut off","id":"6097f7c8000000018b002987","slug":"shut-off"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"demilitarize","id":"6097fb7200000003520039fa","slug":"demilitarize"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"make inactive","id":"6097f6e6000000022000b8b9","slug":"make-inactive"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"shut down","id":"6097f7c8000000018b002830","slug":"shut-down"},"similarity":10}]}],"id":"6097fb72bb1f88f7c11d218b","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"verb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"556808f5000000020300d8e0","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.flac","mpeg":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.mp3","ogg":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.ogg","wav":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.wav"},"id":"556808f5000000020300d8e1","ipa":{"text":"diˈæk təˌveɪt"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[4,5],"html":"dee-ak-tuh-veyt","italicIndices":[8,9],"text":"dee-ak-tuh-veyt"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"deactivate","source":"random-house","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"deactivate","requestId":"0F-e93z-susNF8mKgKzix","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:36:37Z","derivedFormSets":[{"derivedForms":[{"form":"deactivation","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"de·acti·vation"}],"partOfSpeech":"noun"},{"derivedForms":[{"form":"deactivator","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"de·acti·vator"}],"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"headword":{"normalizedForm":"deactivate","standardForm":"deactivate","syllabicForm":"de·ac·ti·vate"},"id":"556808f5000000020300d8dc","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:36:37Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"deactivate","groups":["a","aa","c","d","e","ee","i","t","tt","v"],"numLetters":10,"reverse":"etavitcaed","subwordTokens":["deactivate","eactivate","activate","ctivate","tivate","ivate","vate","ate","te","e"]},"normalizedLetter":"d","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"556808f5000000020300d90a","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1900–05; de- + activate","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"556808f5000000020300d8ed","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","text":"to cause to be inactive; remove the effectiveness of."},{"id":"556808f5000000020300d8ef","ordinal":2,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Military","type":"category"}],"text":"to demobilize or disband (a military unit)."},{"id":"556808f5000000020300d8f3","ordinal":3,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Military","type":"category"}],"text":"to render (a bomb, shell, or the like) inoperative, especially by disconnecting, removing, or otherwise interfering with the action of the fuze."},{"id":"556808f5000000020300d8f7","label":"Chemistry.","ordinal":4,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Chemistry","type":"category"}],"text":"to render (a chemical, enzyme, catalyst, etc.) inactive."}],"id":"556808f5000000020300d8e7","inflectedFormSets":[{"inflectedForms":[{"form":"deactivated","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"de·ac·ti·vat·ed"},{"form":"deactivating","ordinal":2,"syllabicForm":"de·ac·ti·vat·ing"}]}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"verb-transitive"},{"definitions":[{"id":"556808f5000000020300d903","label":"Physical Chemistry.","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Chemistry","type":"category"}],"text":"to lose radioactivity."}],"id":"556808f5000000020300d8fd","inflectedFormSets":[{"inflectedForms":[{"form":"deactivated","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"de·ac·ti·vat·ed"},{"form":"deactivating","ordinal":2,"syllabicForm":"de·ac·ti·vat·ing"}]}],"ordinal":2,"partOfSpeech":"verb-intransitive"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"556808f5000000020300d8e0","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.flac","mpeg":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.mp3","ogg":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.ogg","wav":"D00/D0063900/D0063900.wav"},"id":"556808f5000000020300d8e1","ipa":{"text":"diˈæk təˌveɪt"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[4,5],"html":"dee-ak-tuh-veyt","italicIndices":[8,9],"text":"dee-ak-tuh-veyt"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"deactivate","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"},{"entries":[{"createDate":"2010-07-17T10:12:16Z","derivedFormSets":[{"derivedForms":[{"form":"deactivator"}],"partOfSpeech":"noun"},{"derivedForms":[{"form":"deactivation"}],"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"headword":{"normalizedForm":"deactivate","standardForm":"deactivate"},"id":"4c418200df5ea0273090ee10","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-07-17T10:12:16Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"deactivate","groups":["a","aa","c","d","e","ee","i","t","tt","v"],"numLetters":10,"reverse":"etavitcaed","subwordTokens":["deactivate","eactivate","activate","ctivate","tivate","ivate","vate","ate","te","e"]},"normalizedLetter":"d","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4ceea0755c7c477ca7933d40","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(tr) to make (a bomb, etc) harmless or inoperative"},{"id":"4c202812b09bf9a1a81f6d8d","ordinal":2,"tags":[{"tag":"Science_and_Technology:Physics:Atomic_Physics","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(intr) to become less radioactive"},{"id":"4c52d9d11c0053da8d63a71c","ordinal":3,"tags":[{"tag":"Social_Science_and_History:Military","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(tr) to end the active status of (a military unit)"},{"id":"4c59eb33b9fdc6908e369397","ordinal":4,"tags":[{"tag":"Science_and_Technology:Chemistry","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"chem to return or cause to return from an activated state to a normal or ground state"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"verb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"diːˈæktɪˌveɪt"}}]}],"slug":"deactivate","source":"collins","type":"british"}],"type":"british"}],"meta":{"arg":"deactivate","requestId":"h8oOFvAGB729gIQ-pQ07F","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"deactivate","slug":"deactivate"},{"displayForm":"deactivate","slug":"deactivate"},{"displayForm":"reactivate","slug":"reactivate"},{"displayForm":"reactivate","slug":"reactivate"},{"displayForm":"activate","slug":"activate"},{"displayForm":"activate","slug":"activate"},{"displayForm":"inactivate","slug":"inactivate"},{"displayForm":"inactivate","slug":"inactivate"},{"displayForm":"aestivate","slug":"aestivate"},{"displayForm":"aestivate","slug":"aestivate"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"deactivate","slug":"deactivate"},{"displayForm":"reactivate","slug":"reactivate"},{"displayForm":"activate","slug":"activate"},{"displayForm":"inactivate","slug":"inactivate"},{"displayForm":"activated","slug":"activated"},{"displayForm":"captivate","slug":"captivate"},{"displayForm":"reactive","slug":"reactive"},{"displayForm":"reactivity","slug":"reactivity"},{"displayForm":"reactivation","slug":"reactivation"},{"displayForm":"radioactivate","slug":"radioactivate"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"Deactivate"},"requestId":"KJhkBCxJEk-uZxFHgCqpY","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

deactivate

Example Sentences

Related Words