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decommission

verb
/diːkəˈmɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From de- + commission.

  1. derived from commissiō — “sending together; commission”
  2. derived from commission
  3. inherited from commissioun
  4. prefixed as decommission — “de + commission”

Definitions

  1. To take out of service or to render unusable.

    • They decommissioned the ship after the accident.
    • The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.

  2. To remove or revoke the commission of.

    • After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force.
    • The family claimed proudly that he [James Clay, Jr.] was the last Confederate officer decommissioned at the end of the war.

  3. To remove or revoke the formal designation of.

    • The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control.
    • Proposal is to decommission 0.75 miles of this route that exists on the ground; this portion of the road does not access important features, dispersed sites, or firewood; […]

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Derived

decommissionable, decommissioner

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for decommission. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA