mothball
Example Sentences
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The Navy last year mothballed 17 supply ships because there weren’t enough commercial crews to run them.
Signaling a shift in priorities, Trott has already mothballed the Serbian project.
Mr Cojuangco repeatedly points out that Bataan would not be the first old, mothballed nuclear plant to be put into operation.
From BBC
The German-made fighting vehicles are part of over 50 2A4s Spain had mothballed in reserve, and they require repairs and refitting.
From Reuters
At Holyrood, Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said production from the likes of the mothballed Cambo oil field off Shetland could "help reduce Europe's dependence on Russian oil and gas".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
