deactivate
verb (used with object)
to cause to be inactive; remove the effectiveness of.
was deactivating
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past progressiveof deactivate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Fairbanks Memorial Hospital announced Tuesday it was deactivating crisis standards of care in place since early October.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
In a video that made international headlines last November, the 19-year-old revealed to her more than 500,000 followers that she was deactivating her accounts because “social media is not real life.”
From Time ● Mar. 16, 2016
