decommission

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

de- +‎ commission

[edit] Verb

to decommission (third-person singular simple present decommissions, present participle decommissioning, simple past and past participle decommissioned)

1. To remove or revoke a commission or formal designation.

   The road was decommissioned and reverted to local control.

2. To take out of service or to render unusable.

   They decommissioned the ship after the accident.

   The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.