DECOMMISSION Synonyms

• remove the triggering device from

• do away with the military organization and potential of

• remove offensive capability from

• make unable to perform a certain action

• injure permanently

• remove offensive capability from

• make less hostile; win over

• take away the weapons from; render harmless

• take apart into its constituent pieces

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• take apart into its constituent pieces

• take off or remove

• take away possessions from someone

• deprive of status or authority

• reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)

• remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

• go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

• withdraw from active participation

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

• break from a meeting or gathering

• make (someone) retire

• dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

• lose interest

• cause to be out on a fielding play

• cause to get out

• prepare for sleep

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract