Antonyms for de contaminate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dee-kuh n-tam-uh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdi kənˈtæm əˌneɪt |
- accept
- add
- adulterate
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- blame
- build
- burden
- charge
- compel
- condemn
- confine
- construct
- continue
- corrupt
- create
- dirty
- encourage
- endorse
- enlarge
- enslave
- expand
- fasten
- fill
- harm
- help
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- incarcerate
- include
- incriminate
- injure
- keep
- let go
- limit
- load
- neglect
- open
- permit
- pollute
- praise
- put in
- release
- remain
- restore
- restrain
- sanction
- sentence
- soil
- suppress
- welcome
Definition of de contaminate
Origin :- 1936, from de- + contaminate. Originally in reference to poison gas. Related: Decontaminated; decontaminating.
- As in purify : verb free; make clean
- As in sanitize : verb sterilize
- As in sterilize : verb make clean or unproductive
- As in censor : verb forbid; ban; selectively remove
- As in lustrate : verb purify
- As in spay : verb sterilize
- As in unsex : verb sterilize
- As in decontaminate : verb clean
- As in delete : verb erase, remove
- As in disinfect : verb make clean, pure
- As in expurgate : verb censor, cut
- As in free : verb take burden from
- As in fumigate : verb disinfect, ventilate
Synonyms for de contaminate
- abridge
- absolve
- aerate
- aerify
- air out
- alter
- annul
- antisepticize
- antiseptize
- atone
- autoclave
- black out
- blacklist
- bleach
- bleep
- bleep out
- blip
- blot out
- blue pencil
- blue-pencil
- bowdlerize
- cancel
- cast off
- castrate
- change
- chasten
- circulate
- clarify
- clean
- clean up
- cleanse
- clear
- conceal
- control
- cork
- criticize
- cross out
- cut
- cut loose
- cut out
- decontaminate
- delete
- deliver
- deodorize
- depurate
- desexualize
- destroy
- deterge
- discharge
- disembarrass
- disencumber
- disengage
- disentangle
- disinfect
- drop
- drop the iron curtain
- edit
- edulcorate
- efface
- eliminate
- elutriate
- emasculate
- empty
- examine
- excise
- exclude
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- expiate
- expunge
- expurgate
- exscind
- extricate
- fan
- filter
- fix
- freshen
- fumigate
- geld
- incapacitate
- inspect
- launder
- lustrate
- make sanitary
- make sterile
- narrow
- neuter
- obliterate
- omit
- oversee
- oxygenate
- pass up
- pasteurize
- prevent publication
- purge
- purify
- put off
- put the lid on
- ransom
- rarify
- redeem
- refine
- refuse transmission
- relieve
- remit
- repress
- rescue
- restrain
- restrict
- review
- revile
- rid
- rub
- rub out
- rule out
- sanctify
- sanitize
- scissor out
- screen
- scrub
- shrive
- snip
- spay
- squash
- squelch
- sterilize
- strike out
- sublimate
- supervise communications
- suppress
- trim
- unburden
- undo
- unlade
- unload
- unpack
- unsex
- unshackle
- vaporize
- wash
- wipe out
- withhold
- X-out
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