decommission
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decommission
- /diːkəˈmɪʃən/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
verb decommissions · decommissioning · decommissioned
- To take out of service or to render unusable. They decommissioned the ship after the accident.
- To remove or revoke the commission of. After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force.
- To remove or revoke the formal designation of. The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control.
Opposite: commission
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Opposite: commission
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verb take out of service or render unusable
| Español | desmantelar, dar de baja, decomisionar, descomisionar |
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| 中文 | 停用 tíngyòng, 退役 tuìyì, 報廢 /报废 bàofèi |
| Français | déclasser |
| Deutsch | stilllegen |
| Italiano | smantellare |
| Русский | списа́ть spisátʹ, вы́вести из эксплуата́ции vývesti iz ekspluatácii |
| العربية | يَلٰجَأَ yalājaʔa |
verb remove or revoke a commission
| 中文 | 撤銷委託 /撤销委托 chèxiāo wěituō, 廢除職務 /废除职务 fèichú zhíwù |
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| Français | décommissioner |
verb remove or revoke a formal designation
| 中文 | 撤銷正式名義 /撤销正式名义 chèxiāo zhèngshì míngyì, 取消資格認可 /取消资格认可 qǔxiāo zīgé rènkě |
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| Français | déclasser |
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title = {decommission},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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