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decontaminate

[dee-kuhn-tam-uh-neyt] / ˌdi kənˈtæm əˌneɪt /


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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

This device, the researchers say, offers significant advantages in cost, simplicity, effectiveness and sustainability compared existing commercial options, giving users the ability to easily decontaminate water from nearby streams and rivers and make it drinkable.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

She says if you don't, it will become more "heavily contaminated" and then harder to decontaminate in the wash.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 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.




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