To remove the crew from a ship or to deprive of crew members.
From de- (prefix meaning to remove or reverse) + crew (the people who work on a ship). The word combines a Latin prefix with the English noun crew.
Decrew is a practical maritime term that sounds nautical and specific—if a ship was decrewed, all its workers were removed, leaving it abandoned or ready for storage.
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