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Synonyms for mothball

a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing

put into long-term storage

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Its capacity is 500,000 b/d, with another 700,000 b/d and two GOSPs moth-balled. SA raised its total capacity to 1.4m b/d in 2016.
Consett Police have hosted a spooktacular community event in which they transformed the station's now moth-balled cells into a creepy dungeon.
The complex was moth-balled on its completion in 1980 because of the 1980-88 war with Iran.
However, the situation got worse last month when the back-up moth-balled power station at Peterhead, Scotland, failed when being switched on for a trial.
Malacanang is still lukewarm to the idea of reviving the moth-balled nuclear power plant in Bataan despite concerns on the country's power cost and supply.
When we''ve packed away the velvet, and moth-balled the festive sequins to make way for pleats, florals and fondant shades, what brand will we all be lusting after?
The Vancouver-based Prophecy is expanding its roster of Canadian and global platinum and nickel properties that includes Ursa's moth-balled Shakespeare PGM-nickel-copper open pit, 70 km west of Sudbury
But this route has been moth-balled since the first Gulf war.
The HSS Explorer will be moth-balled over the winter months due to soaring costs on the Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire route
Meanwhile, a custody block in Birmingham, moth-balled as part of cash-saving plans has been ear-marked to become a "supercustody suite" to replace the aging cells at Steelhouse Lane police station, in Birmingham city centre.
Weatherly in Namibia has announced it is reopening its moth-balled operations.
The Denver-based company, founded in 2003, has grown into an industry leader and continues to rack up partnerships with the top media brands on the planet, including the NCAA, The New York Times and the BBC, and help them monetize assets often previously moth-balled.
Barratt was hit hard by the credit crunch as a mortgage famine led to orders drying up and building sites being moth-balled. The firm, which also owns David Wilson Homes, built 27% fewer properties in 2009 than it did the year before.
Cojuangco's aunt, former President Corazon Aquino, cited 4,000 reasons why she had ordered the plant to be moth-balled in 1986.