de·con·tam·i·nate

(dē′kən-tăm′ə-nāt′)

tr.v. de·con·tam·i·nat·ed, de·con·tam·i·nat·ing, de·con·tam·i·nates

1. To eliminate contamination in.

2. To make safe by eliminating poisonous or otherwise harmful substances, such as noxious chemicals or radioactive material.

de′con·tam′i·nant (-nənt) n.

de′con·tam′i·na′tion n.

de′con·tam′i·na′tor n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

decontamination

The process of making any person, object, or area safe by absorbing, destroying, neutralizing, making harmless, or removing chemical or biological agents, or by removing radioactive material clinging to or around it.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

decontamination - the removal of contaminants

remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"

contamination, pollution - the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors

Translations

décontamination

decontamination

[ˈdiːkənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən] N → descontaminación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

decontamination

[ˌdiːkənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃ^ən] n [person, place] → décontamination f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

decontamination

n → Entgiftung f, → Dekontamination f; (from radioactivity) → Entseuchung f, → Dekontamination f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

decontamination

[ˌdiːkənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n → decontaminazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

de·con·tam·i·na·tion

n. descontaminación, proceso de librar el ambiente, objetos o personas de sustancias o agentes contaminados o nocivos tales como sustancias radioactivas.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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