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decommission, v.|diːkəˈmɪʃɒn|
[f. de- II. 1 + commission v.]
trans. To take (a ship, aeroplane, etc.) out of service; to close down (esp. a nuclear reactor).
1922Ann. Rep. Sec. Navy (U.S.) 8 A large number of vessels were decommissioned with a view to retaining them in good condition for future service. 1971Flying Apr. s2/3 Some [flight service stations] were closed when they doused the bonfires, and some more were decommissioned after World War II. 1980Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 11/3 This is not because we cannot totally decommission power station reactors or that it is too dangerous to do so. 1983Sci. Amer. Dec. S5/3 Municipal heating systems will also make use of the heat produced in ‘back-pressure’ power plants, which we will have to build when all the nuclear reactors have been decommissioned. 1987Aviation News 6-19 Mar. 1034/4 On 16 March 1959, VF-871 was decommissioned and amalgamated with VF-870.
Hence decoˈmmissioned ppl. a., decoˈmmissioning vbl. n.
1922Ann. Rep. Sec. Navy (U.S.) 8 (heading) Decommissioning of ships. 1929Ann. Rep. U.S. Navy Dept. (1930) 12 The Rigel, tending the decommissioned destroyers at San Diego, requires a great deal of work. 1947New Yorker 12 July 18/2 The Navy used to count on taking seven months to activate a decommissioned destroyer. 1967‘J. Winton’ HMS Leviathan (1969) ii. 25 The ship's present decommissioned state. 1978R. M. Nixon Memoirs 536 We ordered the decommissioning of the two large Navy yachts that had been maintained exclusively for the President's use. 1979Nature 22 Mar. 297/3 The second [chapter] discusses routine emission of radiation and radiological protection,..and the eighth decommissioning. |