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decommission

[dee-kuh-mish-uhn] / ˌdi kəˈmɪʃ ən /
VERB
withdraw from active service
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She also referenced an image on Instagram of Wedding purportedly standing outside the decommissioned U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

The complaint points to the utility’s failure to de-energize its transmission lines that night, as well as its decision to leave up a decommissioned line that hadn’t carried electricity for decades.

From Los Angeles Times

Three decommissioned lighters - old barges that were used to transport coal and other industrial materials - have been sunk in the Blackwater Estuary, between Maldon and West Mersea in Essex.

From BBC

Nuclear sites need significant regulation, set out in law, both while power plants are operating and during decommissioning, which takes years.

From BBC

Tuna used pieces of glass from what he estimates are about 15 different salvaged stained glass windows from decommissioned churches.

From Los Angeles Times