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Decontamination   /dikəntˌæmənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Decontamination

noun
1.
The removal of contaminants.





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"Decontamination" Quotes from Famous Books



... thrown out to bind the emissary ship to the Lancet's hull, and Jack threw the switches to open the entrance lock and decontamination chambers. They had taken pains to describe the interior atmosphere of the patrol ship and warn the spokesman to keep himself in a sealed pressure suit. On the intercom viewscreens they saw the small suited figure cross from his ship into the Lancet's lock, and watched as the sprays ...
— Star Surgeon • Alan Nourse
... that didn't prevent the stuff from sifting through onto their bodies. Rip, who directed the work and kept track of the radiation with a gamma-beta ion chamber and an alpha proportional counter, knew they would have to undergo personal decontamination. ...
— Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet • Blake Savage


Words linked to "Decontamination" :   remotion, decontaminate, contamination, removal


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