0 past simple and past participle of decommission
1 to take equipment or weapons out of use:
The government has decided to decommission two battleships.
It would cost $300 million to decommission the nuclear installation.
Also, when certain fishing vessels are decommissioned, fishers may lose money that is invested in fishing gears as sunk costs.
A large number of vessels of all three gear types must be decommissioned to eliminate the excess capacity.
He was responsible for reallocating used naval equipment from decommissioned ships to active duty ships.
Low-viability samples are often decommissioned and discarded.
A large number of vessels of all gear types must be decommissioned to eliminate excess capacity in case 1 but not in case 2 (table 3).
Removing the lowest capacity boats first would require the largest number to be decommissioned, and leave the minimum number of boats that can take the catch.
A number of options are currently under consideration for the method and location of the interim storage and eventual disposal of decommissioned nuclear submarines.
Various options for the disposal of decommissioned nuclear submarines remain under consideration.
