Decommission (Verb)
Meaning
Withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The aircraft carrier was decommissioned after serving in three major conflicts.
- The government decided to decommission the aging power plant due to environmental concerns.
- Due to budget cuts, the city's public transportation department decommissioned several old buses.
- After decades of use, the hospital decommissioned its outdated surgical equipment.
- The submarine was decommissioned following its final voyage to the naval museum.