decontaminate
Example Sentences
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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
Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues from the project sites.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 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
"You don't want to know what's in there. It's full of human waste and other garbage. We decontaminate immediately after each dive."
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024
For morale purposes, Central Authority let it be known that they were able to decontaminate it, but what actually happened was that the spores lost their effectiveness within a few years of their original seeding.
From Shock Absorber by Dongen, H. R. van
Vocabulary lists containing decontaminate
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: de-
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