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decommission

de·com·mis·sion

UK/diːkəˈmɪʃən/ US/dikʌˈmɪʃʌn/ uncommon

verb

1.

withdraw from active service

  • “The warship was decommissioned in 1998”

Origin

From de- + commission.

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