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- verb transitive To
revoke permission ,sanction orconsent .
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Examples
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He added that EA is expediting the development of a system that will allow customers to "deauthorize" computers and move the game to new machines, without needing to call the company.
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While I did figure it out on my own, it was not clearly indicated why I was getting that rather sternly worded warning and I can see someone who isn't particularly familiar with electronic devices getting a little anxious about clicking "deauthorize" and possibly even calling tech support over it.
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At a time when literary blogs do indeed show an increasing ability to "deauthorize" academic criticism as it has established itself over the past fifty years, it would be a shame if the cleavage in contemporary literary criticism -- between academic critics on the one hand and practicing poets and novelists on the other -- were to be permanently hardened with little space in between for critics who want to write about literature but who don't ultimately consider themselves either "scholars" or poets.
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"deauthorize" computers to get around the install limits.
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"deauthorize" already-installed programs on people's phones.
TechSpot 2009
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I sent the message and received a response within 24 hours--the only thing Apple did right--giving me some basic troubleshooting steps, e.g., restart, deauthorize/reauthorize iTunes, ensure your firmware is up-to-date, restore, all the stuff I'd tried before.
I Can't Find A Way To Fix My Borked iPod - The Consumerist 2010
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Apparently some liberal members are batting around an idea which, while definitely a long shot, is interesting: To try to persuade the House Dem leadership to allow a House vote soon on whether to deauthorize the war, in a similar manner to the approach now favored by Hillary.
House Liberals Entertain Alternate Scheme: Deauthorize The War 2009
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That's a far, far cry from, "Hey, let's go find sixteen phantom Republican Senators," or "Hey, let's deauthorize the war."
Edwards Adviser Joe Trippi Slams Iraq Compromise Strategies As "Baloney" 2009
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Nor does Trippi think much of Hillary's proposal to deauthorize the war.
Edwards Adviser Joe Trippi Slams Iraq Compromise Strategies As "Baloney" 2009
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They have also heard Hillary and Byrd are working on a measure that would deauthorize the war in October 2007.
Poll: Only Nine Percent Of Dems Hold Her Iraq Position Against Her 2009
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