The meaning of DECONTAMINATE is to rid of contamination (such as radioactive material). How to use decontaminate in a sentence.

DECONTAMINATE definition: 1. to remove dangerous substances from something: 2. to remove dangerous substances from…. Learn more.

DECONTAMINATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of decontaminate 2. to remove dangerous substances from…. Learn more.

DECONTAMINATE meaning: 1. to remove dangerous substances from something: 2. to remove dangerous substances from…. Learn more.

Definition of decontaminate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

She went at it in a kind of fury, as if this would decontaminate it from the touch of Ringrose. The need to cleanse herself, to somehow decontaminate her body was compulsive. `Excuse me, Gritkin, we are just carrying this treasure away to decontaminate it... `

Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill.

When something is contaminated, it's made unsafe for humans (and other living things) due to some kind of poison or impurity. Workers have to decontaminate, or remove the contamination, after a disaster at a nuclear reactor produces radioactivity. An oil spill in the ocean requires a different type of decontamination.

1. to make (an object or area) safe by removing or neutralizing any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas. 2. to free from contamination; purify. de`con•tam`i•na′tion, n. de`con•tam′i•na`tor, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

to make (an object or area) safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas. to decontaminate …