Decontaminate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  decontaminate \de`con*tam"i*nate\
     (d[-e]`k[u^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
     To remove contamination or contaminants from, by a cleansing
     process; -- usually used of radioactive, infectious, or toxic
     materials; as, to decontaminate clothing worn by persons with
     infective disease; decontaminate an area of PCB's after


     explosion of a transformer.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decontaminate
       v : rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing
           development had to be decontaminated by the city" [ant: {contaminate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "decontaminate":
     absolve, acquit, amnesty, antisepticize, autoclave, boil,
     chlorinate, clear, delouse, destigmatize, discharge, disinfect,
     dismiss, dispense from, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from,
     exonerate, forgive, free, fumigate, give absolution,
     grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, hygienize,
     justify, let go, let off, nonpros, pardon, pasteurize, purge,
     quash the charge, release, remit, sanitate, sanitize, set free,
     shrive, sterilize, vindicate, whitewash, withdraw the charge