"decontamination" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diːkənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: en-us-decontamination.ogg Forms: decontaminations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From de- + contamination. Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|contamination}} de- + contamination Head templates: {{en-noun}} decontamination (plural decontaminations)
  1. The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials. Derived forms: autodecontamination, biodecontamination Related terms: contamination, decontaminate Translations (process of removing contamination): descontaminación [feminine] (Asturian), descontaminació [feminine] (Catalan), 去污染 (qù wūrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 淨化 /净化 (jìnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 消毒 (xiāodú) (Chinese Mandarin), puhdistus (Finnish), vaarallisten aineiden poisto puhdistamalla (Finnish), dekontaminaatio (Finnish), dekontaminointi (Finnish), décontamination [feminine] (French), descontaminación [feminine] (Galician), Dekontamination [feminine] (German), decontaminazione [feminine] (Italian), 除染 (josen) (alt: じょせん) (Japanese), dekontaminacja [feminine] (Polish), odkażanie [neuter] (Polish), descontaminação [feminine] (Portuguese), decontaminare [feminine] (Romanian), обеззара́живание (obezzaráživanije) [neuter] (Russian), деконтамина́ция (dekontaminácija) [feminine] (Russian), деконтаминација [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dekontaminacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), descontaminación [feminine] (Spanish), знезара́ження (znezarážennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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