Definition of "out of commission" []

• Not operational or not functioning properly. (adjective)

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• "The Admiralty’s proposed solution was to take five of the Channel Fleet’s predreadnought King Edward – class battleships out of commission and use their crews — each of these old ships carried 1,000 men — to provide officers, gunnery and torpedo ratings, and other personnel for the new warships."
• "“Farous may have put it out of commission before he left,” Dasinger said."
• "They had a great deal of excitement and caught enough to provide supper for everyone; but it involved arduous scrambling over slippery rocks, wading in cold, rushing water, and occasional tumbles, in one of which Telzey knocked her wrist-talker out of commission for the duration of the trip."