0 past simple and past participle of decontaminate
1 to remove dangerous substances from something:
When appraised of the outbreak, the film studio decontaminated all mobile cooling towers with sodium hypochlorite.
Therefore, consumers may be directly exposed to pathogens contaminating sprouts if seeds are not decontaminated.
Cell concentrations in strictly decontaminated ice samples measured by flow cytometry did not exceed 10 cells/ml in both type 1 and 2 accretion ice.
Cipro was dispensed, postal facilities, office buildings, and homes were tested and decontaminated.
If a single source caused the outbreak, it may have been missed during the environmental survey and epidemiological investigation, or may have been decontaminated prior to sampling.
Both these factories have been used for explosives, which means that before they can be put to alternative use, they have to be decontaminated.
All the ships and the small craft were decontaminated successfully ensuring that there was no residual hazard.
Information specifically on decontaminated land which has subsequently been used for housing developments is not available centrally.
