decommissioned
Taken out of service
Decommissioned describes something officially removed from active service or operation.
Military equipment gets decommissioned when no longer needed: a decommissioned aircraft carrier.
Nuclear plants are decommissioned through careful dismantling.
The term implies formal retirement rather than simple abandonment—paperwork and procedures, not just walking away.
Not currently functioning
- dormantInactive but capable
- inoperativeNot able to function
- nonoperationalNot in working order
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
unused · idle · offline · out-of-service · defunct · retired · obsolete · abandoned
No longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- legacyWhat's passed down
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- supersededReplaced by something newer
deprecated · discontinued · retired · phased-out · unsupported · replaced · upgraded · sunset
Armed naval vessel
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- carrierOne that transports
destroyer · cruiser · vessel · fleet · base · arsenal · barracks · hangar
Leaving the workforce permanently
- mothballingPreserving while inactive
- shutdownCessation of operations
- deactivationRendering inoperative
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
scrapping · defueling · demolition · closure · discontinuation · phase-out · wind-down · stand-down
Controlled fission apparatus
- plantBotanical organism
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- defuelingRemoving stored propellant
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
radioactive · cleanup · remediation · decontamination · dismantlement · safeguards · IAEA · half-life
Botanical organism
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- platformRaised flat structure
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
refinery · factory · mill · site · industrial · offshore · brownfield · repurposing
inactive
Not currently functioning
- dormantInactive but capable
- inoperativeNot able to function
- nonoperationalNot in working order
mothballed · unused · idle · offline · out-of-service · defunct · retired · obsolete · abandoned · derelict
obsolete
No longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- legacyWhat's passed down
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
superseded · deprecated · discontinued · retired · phased-out · unsupported · replaced · upgraded · sunset · vintage
warship
Armed naval vessel
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
carrier · destroyer · cruiser · vessel · fleet · base · arsenal · barracks · hangar · garrison
retirement
Leaving the workforce permanently
- mothballingPreserving while inactive
- shutdownCessation of operations
- deactivationRendering inoperative
dismantling · scrapping · defueling · demolition · closure · discontinuation · phase-out · wind-down · stand-down · handover
reactor
Controlled fission apparatus
containment · radioactive · cleanup · remediation · decontamination · dismantlement · safeguards · IAEA · half-life · entombment
plant
Botanical organism
pipeline · refinery · factory · mill · site · industrial · offshore · brownfield · repurposing · redevelopment
- discontinueddiscontinued, terminated, cancelled, ended, stopped
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- out-of-servicebroken, down, offline, unavailable, disabled
- construction statusunder construction, completed, planned, in progress, on hold
decommissionedactive
In operation now
operational · in service · functioning · commissioned · functional
decommissionedcommissioned
Formally assigned a task
introduced · activated · launched · inaugurated · established
- decommissioned shipsVessels removed from active duty