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decontaminate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb decontaminate has 1 sense
- decontaminate(v = verb.change) Array - rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city" is one way to clean, cleanse
Antonym: contaminate
Derived form noun decontamination1
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
decontaminate, v.tr. remove contamination from (an area, person, clothes, etc.).
Derivative
decontamination n.
THESAURUS
decontaminate
absolve, acquit, amnesty, antisepticize, autoclave, boil, chlorinate, clear, delouse, destigmatize, discharge, disinfect, dismiss, dispense from, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, forgive, free, fumigate, give absolution, grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, hygienize, justify, let go, let off, nonpros, pardon, pasteurize, purge, quash the charge, release, remit, sanitate, sanitize, set free, shrive, sterilize, vindicate, whitewash, withdraw the charge
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