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decommission

[dee-kuh-mish-uhn] / ˌdi kəˈmɪʃ ən /
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withdraw from active service
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It will also administer and implement a process to decommission and store heavy weapons, military production sites, depots of weapons, and tunnels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The roadmap lays out a process to decommission and store Hamas's heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots and tunnels, to be implemented by NCAG.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The committee is in the early stages of setting up a new police force that is meant to decommission Hamas’s weapons once the militant group agrees to hand them over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Last week, a Hamas delegation met Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo to give its initial response to a proposal from the US-led Board of Peace for Palestinian groups to decommission their weapons.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

Cembalest highlights research undertaken by JPMorgan that scrutinized the costs incurred to the German economy stemming from its decision to decommission its nuclear power plants after the Fukushima incident.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026

Florida-based Holtec makes equipment to store nuclear waste and decommissions existing nuclear plants.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

"The volume of material is enormous compared to past decommissions."

From Scientific American ● Apr. 29, 2011

They questioned whether all small arms would be decommissioned and the sequencing of the plan.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Instead, in stages linked to Israeli withdrawals, the weapons would be decommissioned and stored by precisely the people whom Hamas can intimidate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Earlier, a diplomatic source told AFP that the roadmap "offers a balanced and pragmatic path forward, with all weapons decommissioned and a phased transition of responsibilities" to the new authorities.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The project is located on a decommissioned uranium-enrichment site on federal land in southern Ohio, and the campus would require 10 gigawatts of electricity.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

So now the soldiers round up the old village ladies, young mothers with their hair curled and pinned, wounded and decommissioned German soldiers.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

A roadmap agreed by Hamas on July 30 said that the decommissioning of weapons would be supervised by the International Stabilization Force, the nascent unit that aims to deploy to Gaza if the situation calms.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

He said the deal takes "a step-by-step approach" meaning: "If there is verified decommissioning of weapons, that they are taken away from the factions and stored and ultimately rendered unusable, Israel then withdraws from Gaza."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Continental Development executive Bob Tarnofsky said the team learned about “previously undisclosed higher decommissioning and demolition costs, a more complicated approval process, and greater environmental risk mitigation” after submitting the proposal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

A $2.4 billion escrow fund required by the Federal Communications Commission will stay in place to handle network decommissioning claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Before decommissioning in November 1944, the Sea Cloud served on ocean weather stations off the coasts of Greenland, Newfoundland, and France.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor



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