decommission
verb /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃn/
/ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they decommission | /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃn/ /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃn/ |
| he / she / it decommissions | /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃnz/ /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃnz/ |
| past simple decommissioned | /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃnd/ /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃnd/ |
| past participle decommissioned | /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃnd/ /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃnd/ |
| -ing form decommissioning | /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃənɪŋ/ /ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃənɪŋ/ |
- decommission something to officially stop using weapons or military equipmentOxford Collocations DictionaryDecommission is used with these nouns as the object:
- reactor
- decommission something to stop using a nuclear power station and take it apart safely