decommission
[dee-kuh-mish-uh n]
- to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- to deactivate; shut down: to decommission a nuclear power plant.
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Origin of decommission
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Unfortunately, they were decommissioned when it was shown that, like humans, the DRNs have a bit of a breaking point.
There are only 11, and that number will go down to 10 this year when the USS Enterprise is decommissioned after 50 years.
Such descriptions exert a hypnotic pull—and a climactic chapter in the decommissioned city hall station is a showstopper.
decommission
- (tr) to dismantle or remove from service (a nuclear reactor, weapon, ship, etc which is no longer required)
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Word Origin and History for decommissioned
decommission
v.
1922, originally with reference to warships, from de- + commission (v.). Related: Decommissioned; decommissioning.
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