DECONTAMINATES Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

decontaminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of decontaminate

as in cleans

to remove dirty or dangerous substances (such as radioactive material) from (a person, thing, place, etc.) Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill.

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Weakened by kidney failure, Karam is unable to work and is tethered 12 hours a day to the machine that cleans the toxins from his blood.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Dawn Dishwashing Liquid Best soap in the world—cleans dishes and windows, pretreats laundry, and unclogs toilets.

— Chris Kelly, New Yorker, 28 July 2026

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This summer, as record-breaking heat sweeps across Europe and the United States, millions of people are searching for a way to cool off.

— Kathy Baughman McLeod, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
That includes the Washington DC area, where the eclipse will be visible for a portion of the afternoon as the total solar eclipse sweeps over Greenland, Iceland, Northern Russian, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain and part of Portugal.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

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Haugh lets out the occasional wince, twitch and groan as Patterson kneads knotted muscles and purges lactic acid build-up so Florida’s leading scorer and ironman can continue to shoulder his heavy workload.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Unless a Nest user subscribes to a service that allows for quick access to review footage recorded on a device, Google routinely purges the footage rather than retain it indefinitely, said Stacey Higginbotham, a policy fellow at Consumer Reports who specializes in cybersecurity issues.

— Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

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