as in dismantling
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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Legislators built this system, and judges are dismantling it.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026 -
Moira Donegan argued in the Guardian last week that the court’s 6-3 decision not only reflected its rightwing bias but completed chief justice John Roberts’s long project of dismantling the VRA.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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“Mothballing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mothballing. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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