to decommission
22
6.5
- verb
- /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃən/
- Formal
:
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- After decades of service, the government decided to decommission the aging submarine.
- decommission plants
- decommission nuclear facilities
- decommissioned weapons
We celebrate decommissioning, you know, with almost as much gusto and fun as we celebrate something launching.
- We celebrate decommissioning, you know, with almost as much gusto and fun as we celebrate something launching.
- You know, nuclear decommissioning, those kind of things is what we're looking at.
- At the same time as this, you have Germany sending more previously decommissioned Jared Gerard Flak Panzas.
Examples
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Australia decommissioned it a day before the Sydney attack.
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Six weeks ago, there was a breach at a decommissioned Russian plutonium facility.
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In addition, the consumers were required to pay the cost of decommissioning the plant.
Academic text (2000) -
Area 51 will be fully decommissioned by the end of the week.
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Over the past 40 years, considerable experience has been gained in decommissioning various types of nuclear facilities.
Blog text (5) -
The project working group decided to decommission the ColdFusion A-Z list for the start of the Fall 2016 semester.
Academic text (2018) -
In the next fifteen years, seventy nuclear plants will be decommissioned, requiring a cost of an estimated $20 billion.
Academic text (2000) -
The cost of rehabilitating old nuclear plants is prohibitive, and decommissioning a plant is very expensive.
Blog text (8) -
Approximately one year after the flood, Lincoln Elementary and Erik Ramstad Middle School were decommissioned and then destroyed.
Academic text (2013) -
For example, the artist Kester welds sculptures made from decommissioned weapons gathered in Maputo by a local charity.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
159
3.5
To take money or things out of a place where they are kept
28
2.8
Take something out of use when it is no longer needed
21
4.3
To take a person or unit out of active service
1
7.2
To officially take a person or unit out of military service
Antonyms
- Formal
103
4.4
To ask someone officially to make something or to begin using something
How Operational
510
3.2
- Formal
103
4.4
225
3.1
- Formal
22
6.5
159
3.5
30
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
decommission = commission (transparent) = de + commission
With the service-related sense of 'commission', adding 'de-' straightforwardly gives the meaning of removing something from active service.
Etymology
Decommission comes from the parts de- meaning 'remove' and commission meaning 'to put into official service', as when a ship is 'commissioned' and begins duty. So, to decommission something is to officially take it out of service.