DECOMMISSION


Meaning of DECOMMISSION in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is ~ed, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.

HMS Warspite was ~ed as part of defence cuts.

VERB: be V-ed

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