English-Finnish translations for decommission

• purkaa
  On siis olemassa selvä tarve poistaa voimala välittömästi käytöstä ja purkaa neljä vaarallisinta reaktoria. There is therefore a clear need to shut the station down immediately and to decommission the more dangerous reactors 1 to 4.
  Kaikkien maiden pitäisi niiden koosta, vaikutusvallasta tai hallitusmuodosta riippumatta alkaa mahdollisimman pikaisesti purkaa ydinarsenaaliaan. All countries, regardless of their size, influence or form of government should begin a process of decommissioning their nuclear arsenals as soon as possible.
  Hän purkaa talonsa, koska siellä on luteita.

Definition of decommission

• To take out of service or to render unusable
• To remove or revoke a commission
• To remove or revoke a formal designation

Examples

• They decommissioned the ship after the accident
• The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement
• After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force
• The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control

Related words

• decommissioning
• decommodify
• decommunize
• decommunization
• decommunise