Decommissioning

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo take out of service or to render unusable.

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

2.verbTo remove or revoke a commission.

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

3.verbTo remove or revoke a formal designation.

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

4.nounThe act by which something is decommissioned.

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