Definition: To remove harmful substances or contaminants from something to make it safe.

Example: The team worked hard to decontaminate the area after the chemical spill.

Definition: The process of cleaning or removing harmful substances or germs from a person, object, or area.

Example: The team performed decontamination on the affected area to ensure safety.

Definition: To remove the outer layer or covering from something, such as bark from a tree or a membrane from an organ.

Example: The workers will decorticate the trees to prepare the wood for processing.

Definition: Describing something that has had its outer layer or skin taken off.

Example: The decorticated seeds are ready to be processed for oil extraction.

Definition: The process of removing the outer layer or covering from something, such as bark from a tree or the outer layer of an organ in surgery.

Example: The decortication of the seed is necessary to prepare it for planting.

Definition: To separate or disengage one thing from another, especially in a way that reduces their connection or interaction.

Example: The engineers decided to decouple the two systems to improve performance.

Definition: The act of making something smaller or less in amount, size, or degree.

Example: There was a noticeable decrease in temperature as the sun set.

Definition: To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.

Example: The company plans to decrease its production costs this year.

Definition: A reduction in quantity or amount, often used in mathematics to describe how much something decreases.

Example: The decrement in temperature was noticeable as the sun set.

Definition: Related to a decrease or reduction in amount or value.

Example: The decremental changes in the budget forced the team to adjust their plans.

Definition: To produce a crackling sound, especially when heated or roasted.

Example: The beans began to decrepitate as they were roasted over the fire.

Definition: To heat certain substances until they make a crackling sound or until that sound stops.

Example: The chemist decided to decrepitate the crystals to observe the reaction.