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Decommission

//diːkəˈmɪʃən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take out of service or to render unusable.

    "They decommissioned the ship after the accident."

  2. 2
    withdraw from active service wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove or revoke the commission of. transitive

    "After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force."

  4. 4
    To remove or revoke the formal designation of. transitive

    "The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control."

Etymology

From de- + commission.

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