deactivate

Remember: If you test one of these out then want to deactivate it, don’t just disconnect your mail, calendar and other “connectors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Russian officials highlight “human control,” with a focus on the ability to alter the system, deactivate it or provide limitations, such as on the types of targets that it can engage.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

“The national credit bureaus will activate and deactivate a credit freeze for free upon request. You must contact each bureau separately to freeze your respective credit report.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 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

Then, I'll deactivate the atmospheric regulator, so it doesn't pull water out of the air.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

This drains the copper pools in the cells and deactivates the biomolecules that require copper.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

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

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

The goalkeeper, who had over 30,000 followers on Instagram on Tuesday morning, has since deactivated his account.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Meta has denied this, but acknowledged that some of Lula's campaign ads had been mistakenly deactivated due to technical errors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

“We have deactivated the certificates for the stolen items and notified marketplace partners so they can be on the lookout for rare and serialized items,” PSA said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Klein similarly reported that her credential had been deactivated, while Politico said Haslett’s badge was confiscated.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The same code, when input on the other side, deactivated it temporarily so the person could come back out.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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 already started deactivating accounts based on information such as the age given when they were created.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 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

They were intrigued to realize the battery could be reactivated, or prevented from deactivating at all, simply through operational changes in the charge/discharge cycle.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

“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