- past participle of decontaminate.
- past tense form of decontaminate.
decontaminated
Example Sentences
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When reused, the decontaminated robots still picked up plastic and microbes, albeit smaller amounts of both.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
Infected flocks are normally destroyed to prevent the flu’s spread, and then the farms are decontaminated.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
Once carefully decontaminated, this water can be reused for further cutting.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
Often buildings must be professionally cleaned or decontaminated by wildfire remediation companies.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
“He’d get decontaminated and sit across the room, far, far away from me and only for fifteen minutes. Thirty minutes at the most.”
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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