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
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
This device, the researchers say, offers significant advantages in cost, simplicity, effectiveness and sustainability compared existing commercial options, giving users the ability to easily decontaminate water from nearby streams and rivers and make it drinkable.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024
A few essential manufactures had also been revived, mostly in the form of machine shops to decontaminate engine parts.
From The Year When Stardust Fell by Jones, Raymond F.
Vocabulary lists containing decontaminate
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: de-
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