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DECONTAMINATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does decontamination mean?

• DECONTAMINATION (noun)
The noun DECONTAMINATION has 1 sense:

1. the removal of contaminants

Familiarity information: DECONTAMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DECONTAMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The removal of contaminants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("decontamination" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Antonym:

contamination (the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors)

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