phase out
Wind down slowly
To phase out is to discontinue something gradually rather than all at once: The company is phasing out its older product lines.
A phase-out allows for transition—replacing equipment, retraining workers, or letting contracts expire naturally.
Coal plants are being phased out in favor of renewable energy.
The noun is phase-out or phaseout.
Remove completely
- terminateBring to an end
- endFinal portion or cessation
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- discontinueTo stop doing
halt · cease · sunset · wind down · retire · withdraw · cancel · scrap
No longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- legacyWhat's passed down
end-of-life · sunset clause · fading · declining · waning · diminishing · expiring · sunsetting
Replacement for another
- successorOne who replaces another
- new generationSuccessors to current group
- modernizeMake contemporary
- adoptTake as one's own
implement · introduce · changeover · trade up · next-generation · supersede
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
compliance · deadline · timeline · target date · enforcement · moratorium · restriction · quota
Proceeding by small additions
- stagedArranged for effect
- stepwiseProceeding by degrees
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
gradual reduction · step-by-step · systematic · orderly · measured · controlled · planned · scheduled
eliminate
Remove completely
discontinue · halt · cease · sunset · wind down · retire · withdraw · cancel · scrap · axe
outdated
No longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
legacy · end-of-life · sunset clause · fading · declining · waning · diminishing · expiring · sunsetting · planned obsolescence
substitute
Replacement for another
- successorOne who replaces another
- new generationSuccessors to current group
- modernizeMake contemporary
adopt · implement · introduce · changeover · trade up · next-generation · supersede
ban
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
legislation · compliance · deadline · timeline · target date · enforcement · moratorium · restriction · quota · emission standards
incremental
Proceeding by small additions
- stagedArranged for effect
- stepwiseProceeding by degrees
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
tapered · gradual reduction · step-by-step · systematic · orderly · measured · controlled · planned · scheduled · timed
- diminishingabate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- ___ out wordsstrikeout, flyout, groundout, popup, lineout
- scaling downscale down, scale back, cut back, dial back, ramp down
- Business Strategiesexpand, diversify, outsource, merge, restructure
- green energywind power, solar power, renewables, solar farm, solar panel
out, phase, phases, phased, multiphase, phase in, phasing out, unphased