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

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

For morale purposes, Central Authority let it be known that they were able to decontaminate it, but what actually happened was that the spores lost their effectiveness within a few years of their original seeding.

From Shock Absorber by Dongen, H. R. van