'decontaminate' definitions:
Definition of 'decontaminate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city" [ant: contaminate]
Definition of 'decontaminate'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'decontaminate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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