decontaminate

Example Sentences

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Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues from the project sites.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 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

"You don't want to know what's in there. It's full of human waste and other garbage. We decontaminate immediately after each dive."

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

One team of researchers is focusing on carbon- and sulfur-based quantum dots, using them to create safer invisible inks and to help decontaminate water supplies.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

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

From Shock Absorber by Dongen, H. R. van