Convert (a substance, molecule, etc.) into a radioactive form.
Example sentencesExamples
- Certain elements in the sample are radioactivated.
- Can new energy sources be found without poisoning or radioactivating us and countless future generations?
- Thousands of tons of spray radioactivate the surfaces they fall upon to a dangerous degree, for an unknown length of time.
- The terrific explosion sent reddish-blue or dark-brown flames shooting out against the ground at an astonishing velocity, radioactivating some forty percent of the city area.
- The neutron bombardment is serious: it radioactivates substances and weakens structures.