Explore Decontamination through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like removal or contamination. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Decontamination in a sentence
Decontamination meaning
The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
Synonyms of Decontamination
Using Decontamination
- The main meaning on this page is: The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
- Useful related words include: removal, remotion, contamination.
- In the example corpus, decontamination often appears in combinations such as: and decontamination, decontamination of, the decontamination.
Context around Decontamination
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decontamination
- In this selection, "decontamination" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gastric, office, extensive, treatment, shower and efforts stand out and add context to how "decontamination" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2017 after decontamination efforts that and a decontamination and rescue. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decontamination" sits close to words such as aborigines, abreu and accommodates, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decontamination
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Demining and decontamination could take decades and cost upward of $100 billion. (12 words)
Decontamination * Treatment of a recently ingested poison may involve gastric decontamination to decrease absorption. (14 words)
The area is undergoing a decontamination procedure before it is released to the owners. (14 words)
First brought in as part of the post-9/11 New Dimension project, it includes mass decontamination units, urban search and rescue kit, flood response boats and large high-volume pumps capable of pumping thousands of litres of water a minute. (41 words)
But such a process, as well as the transportation needed, would be extremely expensive, said Reynier, who studied PCP and soil decontamination for four years at Quebec's Institut national de la recherche scientifique. (34 words)
Briefing the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Mahmood stated that the ministry is taking a slow pace in the decontamination exercise because of the sensitive and delicate nature of the aviation industry. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Decontamination * Treatment of a recently ingested poison may involve gastric decontamination to decrease absorption.
The ground floor has a side building attached which served as a facility for decontamination that contained three long snaking corridors and 55 shower heads one could walk through during decontamination.
Also, if your pet vomits before arrival at the veterinarian’s office decontamination will not be started.
And after extensive decontamination, just 2.4 per cent of the region remains off-limits.
But such a process, as well as the transportation needed, would be extremely expensive, said Reynier, who studied PCP and soil decontamination for four years at Quebec's Institut national de la recherche scientifique.
Demining and decontamination could take decades and cost upward of $100 billion.
It was likely the hood was still on when guards first sprayed Spring before he was sprayed again in a decontamination shower before transfer to an isolation cell.
Nobody was allowed back to live until 2017, after decontamination efforts that left tonnes of radioactive soil stored around the town for years, including in the fields across from Abe’s.
Other new contracts have been initiated in support of the Los Alamos National Lab and providing an innovative technology for on-site decontamination support for the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant.
The innovation extends to creating more efficient and user-friendly decontamination solutions and respiratory protection systems, ensuring they are at the forefront of defense technology.
A decontamination and rescue squad practising at Innes Street on August 29 1940 seen in colour for the first time, thanks to AI technology.
First brought in as part of the post-9/11 New Dimension project, it includes mass decontamination units, urban search and rescue kit, flood response boats and large high-volume pumps capable of pumping thousands of litres of water a minute.
Some are establishing a control area, others are setting up decontamination stations and another group is providing medical aid.
The area is undergoing a decontamination procedure before it is released to the owners.
Briefing the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Mahmood stated that the ministry is taking a slow pace in the decontamination exercise because of the sensitive and delicate nature of the aviation industry.
Individuals were not only interested in the soaps hygienic component but also its symbolic value of “decontamination and regeneration of the body politic” (McClintock 511).
Obi added that the decontamination of the residence of the case would be promptly carried out by the state’s Ministry of Health.
Outside decontamination on Mira HQ is a small room with the wires task and an entrance to the main hallway.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa previously told News24 that the police station was undergoing decontamination on Friday following the case.
Researchers have tested a variety of methods — ultraviolet light, bleach, ethylene oxide gas, moist heat — and have concluded in published papers that decontamination can work.
Common combinations with decontamination
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and decontamination 11×
- decontamination of 10×
- the decontamination 5×
- decontamination and 4×
- decontamination units 4×
- for decontamination 3×
- decontamination shower 3×
- undergoing decontamination 3×
- of decontamination 3×
- decontamination to 2×