re·me·di·ate
ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt 
remediated; remediating; remediates
: to make (something) the target of remedial action : to provide a remedy for
… the process of removing the spent fuel, draining the holding pool, remediating the site, and treating contaminated groundwater.—
Jeff Johnson
Jeff JohnsonWork is underway … to remediate erosion on a 6000 foot section on the Gill bank of the Connecticut River.—David Detmold
David DetmoldBut here's the thing: [basketball coach John] Calipari was worried, worried enough to try all sorts of things behind the scenes to remediate his team's results at the line.—Alexander Wolff
Alexander Wolff
re·me·di·ate
ri-ˈmē-dē-ət
archaic
: remedial
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
Though well testing showed there was no petroleum in the Benaszeki's well, the DNR also asked for soil testing, and said that if contamination was detected, the couple would have to take steps to remediate it.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Lori Thomas, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The port planned to use it to clean up and remediate polluted areas, build facilities for handling the turbine parts, dredge the waterway and build a larger wharf capable of handling pieces of steel longer than a football field.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
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It has been remediated, but his wife and two children remained at their rental for several months.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
Though well testing showed there was no petroleum in the Benaszeki's well, the DNR also asked for soil testing, and said that if contamination was detected, the couple would have to take steps to remediate it.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Adjective
These providers launch private wireless networks in weeks, pivot from legacy multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) to cloud-native SD-WAN and remediate cybersecurity threats at the mobile edge, even before an alert.
—Lori Thomas, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The port planned to use it to clean up and remediate polluted areas, build facilities for handling the turbine parts, dredge the waterway and build a larger wharf capable of handling pieces of steel longer than a football field.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Remediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remediate. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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re·me·di·ate
ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt
: to make the target of remedial action
the commissioner of environmental protection…shall conduct remedial actions necessary to remediate the pollution at or on the site—General Statutes of Connecticut
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