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decontaminate

[dee-kuhn-tam-uh-neyt] / ˌdi kənˈtæm əˌneɪt /


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An area near the site remained under a shelter-in-place order as emergency responders continued to monitor and decontaminate the hazards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

One email asked whether clinics could decontaminate rooms where people with measles had just been if the clinics were too small to follow the CDC’s recommendation to keep those rooms empty for two hours.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

That’s sent water treatment operators scrambling to find ways to decontaminate water supplies without breaking the bank.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

The MIT team found that this process could effectively decontaminate water with low concentrations of lead.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

They want our planets, and they didn't want to have to decontaminate them when they took them over.

From Shock Absorber by Dongen, H. R. van




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