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decontaminated

/dee-kuhn-tam-uh-neyt/US // ˌdi kənˈtæm əˌneɪt //UK // (ˌdiːkənˈtæmɪˌneɪt) //

去污,去除污染,去除污染的,去污的

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v.有主动词 verb
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    de·con·tam·i·nated, de·con·tam·i·nat·ing.

    • : to make safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas.
    • : to make free of contamination; purify: to decontaminate a sickroom.

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Examples

  • Masks that can’t be washed, like respirators, can be left out in the sun for an hour to be decontaminated, Marr says.

  • Finally, the Court ordered state authorities to create a plan—a blueprint is in the works—to decontaminate waterways in the Atrato River basin, to end illegal mining, and take other actions to uphold the rights of rivers.

  • That authorities are “doing our best” to decontaminate the area, shut down the plant, and return lives to normal.

  • For the next three months, workers labored around the clock to decontaminate the site of deadly plutonium.

  • Tony Blair managed to decontaminate the losing Labour brand in 1994 by rechristening his party “ New Labour.”

  • He needed to, in his phrase, “decontaminate the Conservative Party brand.”

  • He says that it really was essential to decontaminate the Tory brand.

  • They want our planets, and they didn't want to have to decontaminate them when they took them over.

  • Nobody's had time to decontaminate this whole planet like they did Earth.

  • A few essential manufactures had also been revived, mostly in the form of machine shops to decontaminate engine parts.