decontaminate

Meaning of decontaminate

verb
  1. neutralize or remove dangerous substances, radioactivity, or germs from (an area, object, or person).
    they tried to decontaminate nearby villages

Information about decontaminate

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of decontaminate is: decontaminates.
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Hyphenation of decontaminate

de-con-tam-i-nate

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
  • decontaminate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

decontaminate synonyms

Meaning make clean and hygienic; disinfect:

sanitize

Meaning make (something) free from bacteria or other living microorganisms:

sterilize

Meaning clean (something), especially with a chemical, in order to destroy bacteria:

disinfect

Meaning make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from:

clean

Meaning make (something, especially the skin) thoroughly clean:

cleanse

Meaning remove contaminants from:

purify

Meaning disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals:

fumigate

Meaning make or become free of impurities:

depurate

Translation of decontaminate

Words that rhyme with decontaminate

Nate, Alphanate, Banate, Bromanate, Depanate, Italianate, Lomanate, Plasmanate, Thiophanate, acetylglucopyranosylisothiocyanate, acetylphenylisothiocyanate, acetyltryptophanate, adamantylisocyanate, aldermanate, allophanate, alloxanate, allylisothiocyanate, allylthiocyanate, aminobenzylpenicilianate, aminoethylthiocyanate, aminopenicillanate, amoscanate, anate, applanate, azidophenylisothiocyanate, banate, benzoylisothiocyanate, benzylisothiocyanate, benzylthiocyanate, biphenyldiisocyanate, biphenylisothiocyanate, bisthiocyanate, bitoscanate, bromoallylisothiocyanate, bromoallylthiocyanate, bromobenzylisothiocyanate, bromopenicillanate, bromophenylisocyanate, bromophenylisothiocyanate, butenylisothiocyanate, butylcyanate, butylisothiocyanate, calpanate, cephalosporanate, chlorobenzylthiocyanate, chloroethylisocyanate, chloromethylthiocyanate, chlorophenylisothiocyanate, chlorophenylthiocyanate, chlorosulfonylisocyanate

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