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Definition of Decommission
1. Verb. Withdraw from active service. "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"
Definition of Decommission
1. Verb. To take out of service or to render unusable. ¹
2. Verb. To remove or revoke a commission. ¹
3. Verb. To remove or revoke a formal designation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decommission
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decommission
Literary usage of Decommission
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: Policies, Strategies and Costs by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2003)
"Also. the total volume of work needed to decommission a water reactor. including
cutting. demolition. grinding. waste conditioning. waste characterisation ..."
2. Air Traffic Control Modernization: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce edited by Slade Gorton (2000)
"Will the WAAS program schedule slippage result in the need to purchase replacements
for navigation equipment that the agency had intended to decommission? ..."
3. Aging Nuclear Power Plants: Managing Plant Life and Decommissioning by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1993)
"I NRC Financial Assurance Requirements NRC financial assurance rules are designed
to ensure that sufficient funds are available to decommission nuclear ..."