Decommission

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  • transitive verb. To take (a ship or a military base, for example) out of active service or use; render inactive.
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  • verb. To take out of service or to render unusable.
  • verb. To remove or revoke a commission.
  • verb. To remove or revoke a formal designation.
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  • verb. withdraw from active service
  • Word Usage
    "According to the Associated Press, Ghailani's legal team added that it would be "another two months before they obtain security clearance necessary to visit the sites, and they fear they will be dismantled by then because the CIA on April 9 indicated it will 'decommission' the interrogation locations.""
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