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UK
/dˌiːkəmˈɪʃən/
]
[ US /dikəˈmɪʃən/ ]
[ US /dikəˈmɪʃən/ ]
VERB
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withdraw from active service
The warship was decommissioned in 1998
How To Use decommission In A Sentence
- In a more realistic scenario, Bulgaria will decommission reactors 1 and 2 by end - 2002 as agreed upon with the EC and it will preserve reactors 3 and 4.
- The turbines would have a lifespan of 25 years and after that period would be decommissioned and dismantled.
- The other elephant in the room was decommissioning liabilities. Times, Sunday Times
- Unlike most SXSW acts, which perform in vacant lots or cave-like bars, Mr. West will perform at a decommissioned power plant capacity: 2,500, with eight cameramen filming the set for release online. Kanye Steals the Spotlight
- Before the decommissioning and construction of a maintenance facility can occur, however, the Navy must complete an environmental assessment report.
- Stripping asbestos insulation off boilers and from fire barriers, decommissioning chemicals and munitions factories, making damaged nuclear reactors safe, and clearing landmines are examples.
- In the week before the key meeting of the Council last November, a plan was hatched to call a second meeting for February 12 to review progress on decommissioning.
- The only time it becomes necessary to dispose of this material is when a reactor is decommissioned.
- It would cost $300 million to decommission the nuclear installation.
- Regardless of the results of the review, Bulgaria will decommission the two reactors.