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deactivate

verb as in decommission

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"The key to the quenching mechanism lies in how quickly and efficiently the triplet states can be deactivated," said Alessandro Agostini, researcher at the University of Padua, Italy and co-lead author of the study.

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The skylight was usually secured by an alarm but that had been deactivated while the roof was being mended.

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Last month, the government said social media giants will not be required to verify the ages of all users, but must take "reasonable steps" to detect and deactivate underage ones.

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We found that the average college student would need to be paid around $50 to deactivate either Instagram or TikTok for four weeks.

Marine Corps ordnance disposal team then determined that the device was safe to transport and moved it off site, where it was deactivated.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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