How to Use deactivate in a Sentence

deactivate

verb

• The late addition of hops to cold wort during the dry-hopping process means those key enzymes aren't deactivated by the high heat of the boiling stage.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2018
• Rallings said two other officers involved in the chase deactivated their cameras.
  — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
• Two other officers involved in the chase — one white male, one black male — deactivated their body-worn or in-car cameras, Rallings said.
  — Adrian Sainz, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
• It has since been deleted, and Bryan has deactivated his X account entirely.
  — Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
• Thursday morning, many Slack users with ties to Iran discovered their accounts had been abruptly deactivated.
  — Russell Brandom, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2018
• The gearbox's three settings are controlled by a button on the shift lever, and stability control can be deactivated by a button on the center console.
  — Daniel Golson, Car and Driver, 9 May 2019
• Talos was eventually deactivated by the witch Medea, who (in one version of the myth) removed a bronze rivet on his ankle and drained out the ichor that powered his movement.
  — Peter Thonemann, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• At the time of publishing, both Cardi's Facebook and Twitter accounts have not been deactivated.
  — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Feb. 2019
• That’s why the Left feels the need to deactivate the feeling of unity that is born of tragic times.
  — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020
• 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
• The new address was released to the public, but nobody thought to deactivate the old one.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2019
• And then if you do get stung, getting in hot water, like a hot tub can deactivate it.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• The initial plan was to deactivate three fire engines for six days at a time in an effort to save $5 million.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• But cancer cells have many strategies to hide from T cells, fend them off, or deactivate them.
  — Caroline Seydel, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
• 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
• Instead, the research shows the statues were defaced to deactivate the life form believed to be within them.
  — Dima Amro, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
• Tap or click here to see how to deactivate your social media profiles for good.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
• 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
• After trading for him, he was deactivated for the final 2½ months of the season.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• In 2016, the city began deactivating accounts that had been dormant for two years.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
• So the first step is to remove or deactivate those caps by washing a solution over the nascent microarray.
  — Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Iran’s delegate to the UN said that Israel had intended to kill at least 5,000 civilians, but some devices were deactivated or not distributed.
  — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024