decommission

[ dee-kuh-mish-uhn ]

verb (used with object)

1. to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
2. to deactivate; shut down:

   to decommission a nuclear power plant.

decommission

/ ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃən /

verb

1. tr to dismantle or remove from service (a nuclear reactor, weapon, ship, etc which is no longer required)

Word History and Origins

Origin of decommission¹

First recorded in 1925–30; de- + commission

Example Sentences

The entire system can be hooked up to an existing grid, or be placed in a decommissioned coal or gas plant.

From Popular-Science

About 8 million metric tons of decommissioned solar panels could accumulate globally by 2030.

From MIT Technology Review

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From MIT Technology Review

The future of nuclear waste spans thousands of years, but plants are being decommissioned right now.

From MIT Technology Review

Will Obama decommission the U.S. Army, join the Non-Aligned Movement and invite Robert Mugabe to Camp David?

From The Daily Beast

Some were building robots that could decommission leaky gas-stations and crater out the toxic soil.

From Project Gutenberg