put out of commission
Example Sentences
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Before the station was put out of commission, Haskett, said the department tried to keep response times to about two to three minutes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024
Elsewhere around the South, homes, highways, and bridges have been flooded or put out of commission by the heavy rains.
From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2019
Elsewhere around the South, homes, highways, parks and bridges have been flooded or put out of commission amid the heavy rains and severe storms.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2019
That same prison, which was put out of commission in the 1990s, is where you’ll now find MEIS.
From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2018
The lawyer's shrewd guess about the chauffeur being put out of commission had certainly furnished a suggestion for Morton to follow.
From The Last Woman by Beeckman, Ross
