recommissions

Puts back into operation

Recommissions means to commission again—to restore something to active service or operational status after it has been decommissioned or taken out of use.

Most often applied to military vessels, power plants, or equipment: The Navy recommissions a mothballed destroyer.

The term also applies to ordering new work from an artist or contractor after a previous commission ended.

naval

fleet

Vehicles under unified command

carrier · frigate · battleship · cruiser · vessel · refit · dockyard · shipyard · seaworthy · overhaul

restoration

refurbish

Restore worn items

renovate · modernize · upgrade · repair · rebuild · recondition · revitalize · update · rehabilitate · renew

military

battalion

Mid-sized military unit

division · platoon · troops · unit · reactivation · deployment · service · duty · operational · readiness

industrial

plant

Botanical organism

facility · production · manufacturing · reactor · powerplant · turbine · generator · refinery · operational · restart

Opposites
operational status

recommissionsdecommissions

Withdraws from active service

retires · deactivates · mothballs · stands down · shuts down

lifecycle direction

recommissionsdecommissions

Withdraws from active service

discontinues · phases out · scraps · dismantles · breaks up

Family

recommission, recommissioned, recommissioning

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