Associations to the word «Decommission»

Wiktionary

DECOMMISSION, verb. To take out of service or to render unusable.
DECOMMISSION, verb. To remove or revoke a commission.
DECOMMISSION, verb. To remove or revoke a formal designation.

Dictionary definition

DECOMMISSION, verb. Withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley