how to pronounce decommission

/ˌdiː.kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

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decommission is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of decommission in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… as June ray continues to decommission it …”

meanings of decommission

verb:

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

decommission frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word decommission occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics decommission can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that decommission can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;