Meanings
noundecontamination (plural decontaminations)
plural decontaminations
- The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishcontamination
- Englishdecontamination
From de- + contamination.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan descontaminació
- descontaminacióprocess of removing contamination
Chinese Mandarin 去污染, 淨化 /净化
- 去污染 (qù wūrǎn)process of removing contamination
- 淨化 /净化 (jìnghuà)process of removing contamination
- 消毒 (xiāodú)process of removing contamination
Finnish puhdistus, vaarallisten aineiden poisto puhdistamalla
- puhdistusprocess of removing contamination
- vaarallisten aineiden poisto puhdistamallaprocess of removing contamination
- dekontaminaatioprocess of removing contamination
- dekontaminointiprocess of removing contamination
French décontamination
- décontaminationprocess of removing contamination
German Dekontamination
- Dekontaminationprocess of removing contamination
Italian decontaminazione
- decontaminazioneprocess of removing contamination
Japanese 除染
- 除染 (josen)process of removing contamination
Polish dekontaminacja, odkażanie
- dekontaminacjaprocess of removing contamination
- odkażanieprocess of removing contamination
Portuguese descontaminação
- descontaminaçãoprocess of removing contamination
Romanian decontaminare
- decontaminareprocess of removing contamination
Russian обеззара́живание, деконтамина́ция
- обеззара́живание (obezzaráživanije)process of removing contamination
- деконтамина́ция (dekontaminácija)process of removing contamination
Spanish descontaminación
- descontaminaciónprocess of removing contamination
Ukrainian знезара́ження
- знезара́ження (znezarážennja)process of removing contamination
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with decontamination
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
decontamination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decontamination
MLA
“decontamination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decontamination. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decontamination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decontamination.
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