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Decontaminate
verb
To remove contamination from something, and thus render it safe.
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In some military forces, modular field hospitals have been developed that are stocked with resuscitation devices for respiratory support and other necessary equipment, decontamination solutions, and staff trained to decontaminate chemical warfare casualties.
The hearing, a summary of which was released by the GDC, was also told that D'Mello failed to decontaminate or wipe down surfaces between patients.
Part of that preparation means being able to decontaminate people and equipment that have been subject to attack.The suits and masks worn by soldiers can, if necessary, be thrown away once used, but heavier and more expensive equipment, such as vehicles, cannot be treated in such a cavalier fashion.
Slowly, he began to decontaminate his mind all over again.After retiring from Britain's foreign service, he became an outspoken advocate for Tibet.
The newish leader of the far-right National Front is an intriguing study in how to make extremist politics marketable and in doing so, perhaps to reshape French party politics.In the short run, Ms Le Pen wants to decontaminate the National Front, stripping it of the skin-headed image it had under her father, Jean-Marie.
In the grating argot of his public-relations past, Mr Cameron was elected to "decontaminate" the brand.
That it was not is partly the fault of the city council itself: wrangles about social housing delayed the launch; the failure to decontaminate the site and changes to building specifications drove up costs; and the city's retention of rights over the land precluded financing by Canadian banks, causing the developer to borrow more expensively from a New York hedge fund.
The British military caretakers who took over Somalia during the war exerted themselves to decontaminate the territory from fascist influence by an educational programme that was considerably ahead of anything suggested for the protectorate.
He thinks that the new polymer could also be used to decontaminate decommissioned nuclear power-stations where residual radioactive cobalt in pipes remains a problem.Nuclear power is undergoing a renaissance.
Mr Cameron secured the Conservative leadership in 2005 with a pledge to decontaminate the party's brand.
It will decontaminate the product's image, clearing the way, in time, for other firms to risk their reputations in the market.
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