decommission

(verb)

verb

1. withdraw from active service

- The warship was decommissioned in 1998

Definition categories: possession, recall, withdraw

Sentences with decommission as a verb:

- They decommissioned the ship after the accident.

- The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.

- After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force.

- The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control.