Decontaminate
verb
verb ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe. transitive
- 2 rid of contamination wordnet
Example
More examples"Ohio company Battelle has been trying for weeks to get FDA approval for an innovative system that can decontaminate 80,000 masks a day."
Etymology
From de- + contaminate.