deactivate

Example Sentences

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In an interview, Fishback said he isn’t antisemitic and that he believes the university’s move to deactivate the chapter violates students’ free-speech rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

"A traditional minesweeper which is conducting slow, painstaking work is going to find it tricky to hunt for mines and deactivate them if they are also under air and surface attack," he said.

From BBC

The researchers used optogenetics, a technique that activates or deactivates genes using light.

From Science Daily

It had sailed some considerable distance by the time the fire was reported and it is assumed the crew deactivated its automatic identification system.

From BBC

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

From Literature