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decommission
[ dee-kuh-mish-uhn ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- to deactivate; shut down:
to decommission a nuclear power plant.
decommission
/ ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃən /
verb
- tr to dismantle or remove from service (a nuclear reactor, weapon, ship, etc which is no longer required)
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The entire system can be hooked up to an existing grid, or be placed in a decommissioned coal or gas plant.
About 8 million metric tons of decommissioned solar panels could accumulate globally by 2030.
If it is determined that the chain of custody of critical systems have been compromised, the safest practice is to decommission and replace those systems.
One afternoon before the pandemic, I went to a decommissioned hospital in West London to meet the Hindi film director Anurag Kashyap on the set of his new Netflix production.
The future of nuclear waste spans thousands of years, but plants are being decommissioned right now.
Will Obama decommission the U.S. Army, join the Non-Aligned Movement and invite Robert Mugabe to Camp David?
Some were building robots that could decommission leaky gas-stations and crater out the toxic soil.
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