Employed
Mothballed
Both words in one sentence
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The four Iowa-class battleships have been mothballed, and recommissioned, twice, being employed in the Korean War, Vietnam War, the 1982 Beirut conflict, and the Gulf War, to devastating effect.
Source: Break Out the Museum Piece
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