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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The deaths also come as Mamdani reversed Mayor Adams’ effort to remove homeless people from the streets by dismantling homeless encampments.—
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Trump’s dismantling of legal and diplomatic norms follows the same pattern.—
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23 Jan. 2026
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“Mothballing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mothballing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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