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Synonyms for decontamination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dee-kuh n-tam-uh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdi kənˈtæm əˌneɪt |
Définition of decontamination
Origin :- 1936, from de- + contaminate. Originally in reference to poison gas. Related: Decontaminated; decontaminating.
- As in ablution : noun washing
- He turned away and walked back to the decontamination chamber.
- Extract from : « The Bramble Bush » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- They passed through the decontamination shield and into the city.
- Extract from : « Tony and the Beetles » by Philip K. Dick
- Decontamination squads with fire bombs were shown as they sought to cleanse Euclid Avenue of its infected dead.
- Extract from : « Deepfreeze » by Robert Donald Locke
- And it took us two weeks of bunking with the sullen crew and decontamination before we could pick up life again.
- Extract from : « Let'em Breathe Space » by Lester del Rey
- He wandered around the decontamination room, looking at everything, hoping he might see something that would give him a clue.
- Extract from : « The Bramble Bush » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- He went through the radiation trap to the decontamination chamber to wash off whatever it was he had picked up.
- Extract from : « The Bramble Bush » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Decontamination jets hissed, sluicing the ship to remove surface contamination.
- Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
- Some of the first, heavily loaded, were lifted to emptiness again and the process of decontamination of their hulls began.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- Unless some means of decontamination can be found these new parts are no better than the old ones.
- Extract from : « The Year When Stardust Fell » by Raymond F. Jones
- Inside the decontamination chamber, the Planeteers took off their masks and faced Rip with admiring grins.
- Extract from : « Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet » by Harold Leland Goodwin
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