| VERB | change | decontaminate | rid of contamination |
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| Sounds | diykahntae'mahney.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Rid of contamination. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city" | |
| Broader | cleanse, clean | clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing |
| Opposite | contaminate | make radioactive by adding radioactive material |
| Spanish | descontaminar | |
| Catalan | descontaminar | |
| Nouns | decontamination | the removal of contaminants |
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