deactivate

Example Sentences

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Her Instagram account, which is currently deactivated, featured a strangely homogenous series of headshots, all showing the gauzy, unreal lighting that's characteristic of AI image generators.

From BBC

He suggests that the smoke alarm industry has a responsibility to reduce nuisance alarms, which sometimes cause people to deactivate or uninstall the devices – a huge safety risk.

From BBC

But she stresses the importance of parental controls, adding: "I think all these devices, they have so many parental controls... I deactivated web search and made it so he can't purchase things in apps."

From BBC

It found that 24 tankers were operating under stealth, with their mandatory location signals deactivated.

From BBC

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