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

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle