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decontaminate

[ UK /dˌiːkəntˈæmɪnˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /dikənˈtæməˌneɪt/ ]
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  1. rid of contamination
    The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city

How To Use decontaminate In A Sentence

  • She went at it in a kind of fury, as if this would decontaminate it from the touch of Ringrose. MURDER MOVES IN
  • During the Clinton years, about 358 toxic sites were decontaminated each year.
  • The electorate has almost certainly picked up on the idea that Mr Cameron has 'decontaminated' or 'detoxified' the old Conservative Party, but they are a lot less sure what the new Conservative Party stands for. Home | Mail Online
  • Firefighters exposed to smoke and debris from the burning block had to be decontaminated, with their firefighting clothes sealed and sent away to a specialist firm for deep cleaning.
  • The box and the depot area were decontaminated and the powder removed for testing.
  • This assumes that all cats were mycologically cured and that the environment was decontaminated.
  • Contractors are currently working to decontaminate the site, which has chromium and cadmium residues from the former foundry.
  • There's not much that wildlife health officials can do to prevent this, but they could try to decontaminate high-risk areas or dissuade wild birds from visiting them - for example, by draining lakes.
  • Already, we have had the spectacle of the "decontaminated" Conservative party courting the Latvian Fatherland and Freedom party, several of whose MPs marched on 16 March in Riga with veterans of the Latvian SS. The Guardian World News
  • `Excuse me, Gritkin, we are just carrying this treasure away to decontaminate it... ` KARA KUSH
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