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decommission
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de·com·mis·sion  (dk-mshn)
tr.v. de·com·mis·sioned, de·com·mis·sion·ing, de·com·mis·sions
To withdraw (a ship, for example) from active service.
decommission
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to dismantle or remove from service (a nuclear reactor, weapon, ship, etc. which is no longer required)
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Verb1.decommission - withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"
call back, withdraw, call in, recall - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
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The decommissioned aircraft carrier America (CV 66) departed the Navy's Inactive Fleet Facility on 19 April for her final mission: as a live-fire test and evaluation and weapons effect platform to evaluate damage control systems for the next-generation CVN 21.
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The decommissioned ship Planetree will be repaired, revamped and renamed Exodus 2004 after one of the 67 ships - immortalized in Leon Uris' novel ``Exodus'' - that brought nearly 70,000 Holocaust survivors to then-Palestine after World War II.
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Individuals who have been involved with the mining industry in Northern Ontario for any length of time will have an appreciation for the mining cycle and the legacy of mine properties that have not been properly decommissioned.
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