decontaminate

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

She says if you don't, it will become more "heavily contaminated" and then harder to decontaminate in the wash.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

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