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How to pronounce decommission in English?

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Type of call back, call in, recall, withdraw


The warship was decommissioned in 1998.

Examples of decommission

decommission
It has called on the UN to set up a special programme to decommission the plant.
From the newscientist.com
The newspaper also reported that the group refused to decommission its weapons.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Even now they show no sign of making moves to decommission their arms stocks.
From the economist.com
There are no plans to decommission or remove the railway, cranes or vessels.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Maybe next, they'll decommission those nuclear power plants built in earthquake zones.
From the infowars.com
Install, configure and implement storage systems and decommission them at end of life.
From the jobview.monster.com
An act of Congress would be required to decommission the Allegheny locks.
From the post-gazette.com
One example is Mr. al-Sadr's admonition in 2008 to begin to decommission the Mahdi Army.
From the washingtontimes.com
With no plan or budget to decommission the facility, the work dragged on for two decades.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"
  • To decommission a ship is to terminate her career in service in the armed forces of her nation. A somber occasion, it has little of the elaborate ceremony of ship commissioning, but carries significant tradition.
  • (Decommissioning (road)) A decommissioned highway is a highway that has been removed from service, shut down or has had its authorization as a federal or state highway removed. ...
  • To take out of service or to render unusable; To remove or revoke a commission; To remove or revoke a formal designation
  • (Decommissioned) Process used to take something out of service or scrap.
  • (decommissioned) The status of equipment which is permanently disconnected from the power system, made permanently inoperable, and free of any operational identification.
  • (Decommissioning) Removal of a facility (eg reactor) from service, also the subsequent actions of safe storage, dismantling and making the site available for unrestricted use.
  • (Decommissioning) Retirement of a nuclear facility, including decontamination and/or dismantlement.
  • (Decommissioning) The process of removing a power plant, apparatus, equipment, building, or facility from operation.