decommission
verb
de·com·mis·sion
ˌdē-kə-ˈmi-shən 
decommissioned; decommissioning; decommissions
: to remove (something, such as a ship or a nuclear power plant) from service
Examples of decommission in a Sentence
Several military bases are scheduled to be decommissioned.
The government is decommissioning the nuclear power plant.
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Old satellites are decommissioned and new ones are launched.
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Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
Modelling Scenarios Before Making Changes Instead of blindly decommissioning accounts or enforcing new policies, organizations can simulate the impact of identity changes before rolling them out.
—Peter Hill, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The vessel, decommissioned in 2003, now serves as a self-defense test ship for experimental Navy weapons.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
The plane is to be decommissioned from military use and then turned over to his eventual presidential library, Trump said.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
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Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
Modelling Scenarios Before Making Changes Instead of blindly decommissioning accounts or enforcing new policies, organizations can simulate the impact of identity changes before rolling them out.
—Peter Hill, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The vessel, decommissioned in 2003, now serves as a self-defense test ship for experimental Navy weapons.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
The plane is to be decommissioned from military use and then turned over to his eventual presidential library, Trump said.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for decommission
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decommission
verb
de·com·mis·sion
ˌdē-kə-ˈmish-ən
: to remove (as a ship) from use or service
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