decommission
verb (used with object)
to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
was decommissioning
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past progressiveof decommission.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The state cleared the property at the time, but in 2017, citing leftover contamination, rescinded the bill of health as Margolis was decommissioning his gas pumps.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2022
Mr Barnett says that when he was decommissioning systems which had suffered minor cosmetic damage, he found that some of the oxygen bottles were not discharging when they were meant to.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2019
Midland Resource Recovery outside Philippi was decommissioning the tank that contained residual mercaptan, the chemical that gives a strong odor to natural gas, when it exploded into multiple pieces.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2017
