"decontaminate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /diːkənˈtæmɪneɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decontaminate.wav Forms: decontaminates [present, singular, third-person], decontaminating [participle, present], decontaminated [participle, past], decontaminated [past]
Etymology: From de- + contaminate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|contaminate}} de- + contaminate Head templates: {{en-verb}} decontaminate (third-person singular simple present decontaminates, present participle decontaminating, simple past and past participle decontaminated)
  1. (transitive) To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe. Tags: transitive Derived forms: decontaminator Related terms: decontamination Translations (to remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe): rense (Danish), desinficere (Danish), décontaminer (French), dekontaminieren (German), entseuchen (German), dí-éilligh (Irish), díthruailligh (Irish), decontaminare (Italian), 除染する (josen suru) (alt: じょせんする) (Japanese), entgëften (Luxembourgish), dekontaminere (Norwegian Bokmål), дезактиви́ровать (dezaktivírovatʹ) (Russian), descontaminar (Spanish)

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