decommissioned

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Decommissioned in 1983, Battersea Power Station lay abandoned and decaying for some 30 years.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2022

Decommissioned wind turbine blades, if they’re not just stockpiled, are often destined for landfills today.

From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022

Decommissioned wells must be plugged and structures severed 15 feet below the mud line within a year of lease termination.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2021

Decommissioned US air force Jato bottles – jet boosters that, to the untrained eye, resemble small warheads – are ubiquitous around Kangerlussuaq, usually as receptacles for discarded cigarette butts.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2017

Decommissioned in 1991, Fort Benjamin Harrison was a working base from World War I through Desert Storm before acquiring a new persona as a 1,700-acre state park with a warfare museum, among other attractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2016