mothballed

verb

Definition of mothballednext
past tense of mothball
as in dismantled
to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future Many navy ships were mothballed after the war.

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“Mothballed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mothballed. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.

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