transcription, транскрипция: [ di:kəmɪʃ(ə)n ]
( decommissions, decommissioning, decommissioned)
When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned , it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
HMS Warspite was decommissioned as part of defence cuts.
VERB : be V-ed