0 present participle of decontaminate
1 to remove dangerous substances from something:
Effective methods for decontaminating whole and cut melons have not been identified.
While there is no ongoing decontaminating effect by water alone once the boots are out of a water bath, the ongoing effect of a disinfectant is significant.
I do not think that there are any problems with decontaminating some land.
The site was heavily contaminated and the cost of clearing and decontaminating it had always prevented development.
A subsidy such as the greenfield development levy could be used to cross-subsidise the cost of decontaminating such sites to bring them into use.
There are also the massive costs of cleaning up and decontaminating such heavily used sites, which have seen nearly a century of steel making.
The cost of decontaminating brownfield land made available for housebuilding is borne by the developer in the overall costs of the development.
Where a greenfield site is developed as a last resort, a tax should be paid to meet the extra costs associated with decontaminating brownfield sites.
