decommission
verb (used with object)
to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
had decommissioned
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past perfectof decommission.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Germany has been trying for months to find new munitions for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns which its own military had decommissioned in 2010.
From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 2023
Soon the Commander reported that large floating blocks of ice, whipped by a howling gale, had "decommissioned the rudder."
From Time Magazine Archive
