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decontaminatede‧con‧tam‧i‧nate /ˌdiːkənˈtæməneɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEdecontaminate |
Present | I, you, we, they | decontaminate | | he, she, it | decontaminates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | decontaminated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have decontaminated | | he, she, it | has decontaminated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had decontaminated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will decontaminate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have decontaminated |
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Present | I | am decontaminating | | he, she, it | is decontaminating | | you, we, they | are decontaminating | Past | I, he, she, it | was decontaminating | | you, we, they | were decontaminating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been decontaminating | | he, she, it | has been decontaminating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been decontaminating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be decontaminating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been decontaminating |
- Workers are continuing to decontaminate the nuclear plant where the accident occurred.
- She says scientists will decontaminate these materials by washing them.
to remove a dangerous substance from somewhere → contamination, contaminate: It may cost over $5 million to decontaminate the whole site.—decontamination /ˌdiːkəntæməˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |