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Definitions for DECONTAMINATION
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decontaminationnoun

    the removal of contaminants

GCIDE

  1. decontaminationnoun

    The removal of contaminants; as, the decontamination of a room after a spill of radioactive materials.

Wiktionary

  1. decontaminationnoun

    The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.

ChatGPT

  1. decontamination

    Decontamination refers to the process of removing, inactivating, or eliminating harmful substances such as toxins, chemicals, radiation, or infectious microorganisms from a surface, object, person, or environment. This process aims to prevent the spread of contaminants and reduce the risk of infection or harm.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Decontamination

    The removal of contaminating material, such as radioactive materials, biological materials, or CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, from a person or object.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. 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.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DECONTAMINATION in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DECONTAMINATION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of DECONTAMINATION in a Sentence

  1. Los Angeles:

    Jesse was given a cell phone so he could immediately call family. Firefighter/Paramedics provided immediate medical care, decontamination and transport to a local hospital for a complete medical evaluation, the Mayor's Crisis Response Team was also at the command post throughout the night providing welcomed support to the family.

  2. Guillaume Bression:

    From year to year, their point of view changes. I would say after the first year, they really believed in the decontamination and they believed it would reopen sooner, those who are old aren't afraid of the radiation any longer, but the problem now is that the city has stayed empty for five years and they start rebuilding (their lives) somewhere else. They know their grandchildren won't come to visit them if they move back.

  3. Manny Cordova:

    The way it was laid out, we have a side of the station that we would consider a dirty side, where after a fire we come back…we can start the [decontamination]process there and then move towards the clean part of the station.

  4. Richard Barron:

    Generally we pay anything from zero to $ 2,000 to rent a polling place for Election Day, but now with the decontamination fees, it's going to be significantly more money to rent these facilities.

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