decontaminate
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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
After pilots return for the night, the crew chiefs refuel the plane, decontaminate it of invasive species from water scooping and prepare it for the next day.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
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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