decommission
Take out of service
To decommission something is to officially remove it from active service—typically military equipment, nuclear facilities, or industrial infrastructure.
A decommissioned aircraft carrier may become a museum; a decommissioned power plant must be safely dismantled.
The process often involves extensive protocols: The reactor took fifteen years to fully decommission.
Removal of atomic weapons
- nonproliferationRestricting weapons dissemination
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
- uraniumElement ninety-two
radioactive · containment · remediation · decontamination · half-life · shutdown · sealing · entombment
Cessation of operations
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- equipmentTools for a task
machinery · infrastructure · pipeline · refinery · platform · mine · smelter · salvage
Separate into parts
- disassembleSeparate into parts
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
- stripNarrow elongated piece
- removeTake something away
disconnect · deactivate · drain · purge · seal · demolish · deconstruct · salvage
denuclearization
Removal of atomic weapons
- nonproliferationRestricting weapons dissemination
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
uranium · radioactive · containment · remediation · decontamination · half-life · shutdown · sealing · entombment · regulatory
shutdown
Cessation of operations
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
equipment · machinery · infrastructure · pipeline · refinery · platform · mine · smelter · salvage · scrapping
dismantle
Separate into parts
- disassembleSeparate into parts
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
- stripNarrow elongated piece
remove · disconnect · deactivate · drain · purge · seal · demolish · deconstruct · salvage · inventory
mothballing
Preserving while inactive
battalion · regiment · brigade · garrison · arsenal · submarine · destroyer · frigate · battleship · deactivation
obsolete
No longer in use
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- deprecateExpress earnest disapproval
phase-out · upgrade · replacement · migration · server · mainframe · software · hardware · database · network
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- lifecyclelifecycle, lifespan, use, operation, repair
- IT operationssysadmin, reboot, server, install, database
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- process verbscreate, produce, make, build, construct
decommissioncommission
Payment for services rendered
activate · launch · deploy · introduce · operationalize
decommissioncommission
Payment for services rendered
inaugurate · build · establish · christen · construct
- decommissioned shipsVessels removed from active duty