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de- +‎ contaminate

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decontaminate (third-person singular simple present decontaminates, present participle decontaminating, simple past and past participle decontaminated)

  1. (transitive) To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe.

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decontaminate

  1. inflection of decontaminare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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decontaminate f pl

  1. feminine plural of decontaminato