Decontaminate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

rid of contamination

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɪsmˈɑːɹkɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌiːkəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌiːkəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/

5 syllables Say it as /dɪsmˈɑːɹkɪt/.

Examples

The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

contaminate

Parts of Speech

verb	rid of contamination “The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city”

Word Forms

decontamination

noun

the removal of contaminants

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dekontaminieren

Verunreinigungen beseitigen

🇫🇷French

décontaminer

débarrassé de la contamination

🇪🇸Spanish

descontaminar

deshacerse de la contaminación

🇮🇹Italian

decontaminare

liberarsi dalla contaminazione

🇳🇱Dutch

ontsmetten

ontdoen van vervuiling

🇵🇹Portuguese

descontaminar

livrar-se da contaminação

🇷🇺Russian

обеззараживать

избавиться от загрязнения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शुद्ध करना

प्रदूषण से छुटकारा

🇧🇩Bengali

দূষণমুক্ত করা

দূষণ পরিত্রাণ

🇮🇳Tamil

மாசுபடுத்து

மாசுபடுதலில் இருந்து விடுபடும்

🇮🇳Telugu

కలుషితం

కాలుష్యం నుండి విముక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

निर्जंतुकीकरण

दूषिततेपासून मुक्तता

🇮🇳Gujarati

શુદ્ધ કરવું

દૂષણથી છુટકારો મેળવવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಲುಷಿತಗೊಳಿಸು

ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯವನ್ನು ತೊಡೆದುಹಾಕಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

അണുവിമുക്തമാക്കുക

മലിനീകരണം ഒഴിവാക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੂਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ

ਗੰਦਗੀ ਤੋਂ ਛੁਟਕਾਰਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

آلودگی سے پاک کرنا

آلودگی سے چھٹکارا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

去污

摆脱污染

🇯🇵Japanese

除染する

汚染を取り除く

🇰🇷Korean

오염을 제거하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tẩy uế

thoát khỏi ô nhiễm

🇹🇭Thai

ฆ่าเชื้อ

กำจัดการปนเปื้อน

🇮🇩Indonesian

membasmi hama

menghilangkan kontaminasi

🇵🇭Filipino

mag-decontaminate

alisin ang kontaminasyon

🇲🇾Malay

dekontaminasi

menyingkirkan pencemaran

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تطهير

التخلص من التلوث

🇮🇷Persian

ضد عفونی کردن

رهایی از آلودگی

🇹🇷Turkish

arındırmak

kirlilikten kurtulmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְטַהֵר

להיפטר מזיהום

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The primary meaning of 'decontaminate' is 'rid of contamination'.

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Using 'decontaminate' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'decontaminate' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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