decommissionv.
/diːkəˈmɪʃɒn/ transitive. To take (a ship, aeroplane, etc.) out of service; to close down (esp. a nuclear reactor).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > putting weapons or equipment out of action > put weapons or equipment out of action [verb (transitive)] > take (vehicle, etc.) out of service
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society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] > commission > decommission
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > withdraw from use
repeal1573
strike1793
retire1881
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > construct and service aircraft or spacecraft [verb (transitive)] > take out of service
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear reactor > close down [verb (transitive)]
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (transitive)] > operate machine > switch off or close down
to shut down1895
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1922 Ann. 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.
1971 Flying Apr. s2/3 Some [flight service stations] were closed when they doused the bonfires, and some more were decommissioned after World War II.
1980 Daily 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.
1983 Sci. 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.
1987 Aviation News 6- 19 Mar. 1034/4 On 16 March 1959, VF-871 was decommissioned and amalgamated with VF-870.
Derivatives
decoˈmmissioned adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [adjective] > commissioned > decommissioned or non-commissioned
non-commissioneda1817
uncommissioned1822
decommissioned1929
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > taken out of use
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1929 Ann. Rep. U.S. Navy Dept. (1930) 12 The Rigel, tending the decommissioned destroyers at San Diego, requires a great deal of work.
1947 New Yorker 12 July 18/2 The Navy used to count on taking seven months to activate a decommissioned destroyer.
1967 ‘J. Winton’ H.M.S. Leviathan (1969) ii. 25 The ship's present decommissioned state.
decoˈmmissioning n.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear reactor > [noun] > closure of reactor
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [noun] > putting out of use
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1922 Ann. Rep. Sec. Navy (U.S.) 8 (heading) Decommissioning of ships.
1978 R. Nixon Mem. 536 We ordered the decommissioning of the two large Navy yachts that had been maintained exclusively for the President's use.
1979 Nature 22 Mar. 297/3 The second [chapter] discusses routine emission of radiation and radiological protection,..and the eighth decommissioning.
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