decommission
verb (used with object)
to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
were 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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We shot in Lithuania, and at a real nuclear power plant in Ignalina … that they were decommissioning when we were there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
