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deactivate

[dee-ak-tuh-veyt] / diˈæk təˌveɪt /
VERB
decommission
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They will require that autonomous vehicles feature safe procedures to activate and deactivate automated driving, it said.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Nearly 50 cities nationwide have opted to deactivate their scanners or cancel contracts with Flock, mostly in recent months, according to the website DeFlock.me, which has set out to map locations of the company’s cameras.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2026

The long polymer chains in single-use plastics are extremely stable, and contaminants in waste streams can quickly deactivate traditional catalysts.

From Science Daily Jan. 24, 2026

"The council will suspend its use, it will not deactivate its account, because there would be a risk if the council deactivated its account," Smyth told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

If Daito failed to deactivate the Beta Capsule and return to human form before his three minutes were up, his avatar would die.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Meta deactivates accounts that it suspects are underage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Similar to the way that HR deactivates an employee's logins when they leave, there needs to be a process for shutting down AI agents that have finished their work, he says.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

Julian Crowley, a DoorDash spokesperson, denied that DoorDash deactivates the accounts of workers who take time off after being injured, calling this claim "incredibly loaded and frankly totally wrong."

From Salon Sep. 3, 2024

Omalizumab is an injected antibody that binds and deactivates all types of immunoglobin E, or IgE, the allergy-causing molecule in the blood and on the body's immune cells.

From Science Daily Feb. 25, 2024

The activation of a shielding model also deactivates the protection structure of a person or at least some section of it.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa

If Ndholo Kusumo is found to not meet those standards, it will be permanently deactivated.

From BBC May 13, 2026

The lawsuit seeks a statewide judgment that Uber has failed to comply with Proposition 22, along with an opportunity for the thousands of deactivated drivers to appeal their terminations.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

Although nearly five million accounts have been deactivated, tech-savvy teens have found ways around the age requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

In contrast, mice in which HIF1 was deactivated in tendon tissue did not develop tendon disease, even when their tendons were overloaded.

From Science Daily Feb. 12, 2026

But, just like Officer Salzburg, she’d reached her Glitching limit and been deactivated.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

She made her Instagram comeback after seemingly deactivating her personal account earlier this month, when allegations against her husband became public.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2026

Tech companies said they would comply with the ban, and some began deactivating accounts before the law came into effect.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has started deactivating accounts based on information such as the age given when they were created.

From Barron's Dec. 1, 2025

Pretty Little Thing faced a backlash when it started deactivating accounts it said had high rates of return last year.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

“In fact, I’m surprised they’ve kept it going so long. The Capitol will adjust by deactivating specific pods and then manually triggering them when their targets come in range.”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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