Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for decontaminate

decontaminate

verb as in clean

Discover More

Example Sentences

That authorities are “doing our best” to decontaminate the area, shut down the plant, and return lives to normal.

For the next three months, workers labored around the clock to decontaminate the site of deadly plutonium.

Tony Blair managed to decontaminate the losing Labour brand in 1994 by rechristening his party “ New Labour.”

He needed to, in his phrase, “decontaminate the Conservative Party brand.”

He says that it really was essential to decontaminate the Tory brand.

They want our planets, and they didn't want to have to decontaminate them when they took them over.

Nobody's had time to decontaminate this whole planet like they did Earth.

A few essential manufactures had also been revived, mostly in the form of machine shops to decontaminate engine parts.

Advertisement

Synonym of the Day

Which one is a synonym for disinterest?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 360 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decontaminate, such as: absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, and clarify.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement