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decommissioned

decommissioned is the simple past and past participle of decommission.

Meaning of decommission

Verb

decommission (third-person singular simple present decommissions, present participle decommissioning, simple past and past participle decommissioned)

  1. To take out of service or to render unusable.
    • They decommissioned the ship after the accident.
  2. (transitive) To remove or revoke the commission of.
    • After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force.
  3. (transitive) To remove or revoke the formal designation of.
    • The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control.

Questions about decommissioned

What is decommissioned the simple past and past participle of?
Decommissioned is the simple past and past participle of decommission.

Words near decommissioned in the dictionary

  1. decommercialized
  2. decommercializes
  3. decommercializing
  4. decommission
  5. decommissionable
  6. decommissioned
  7. decommissioner
  8. decommissioners
  9. decommissioning
  10. decommissionings
  11. decommissions

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