decontaminate

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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

The MIT team found that this process could effectively decontaminate water with low concentrations of lead.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

After pilots return for the night, the crew chiefs refuel the plane, decontaminate it of invasive species from water scooping and prepare it for the next day.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

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

From Shock Absorber by Dongen, H. R. van