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decon

UK/ˈdiː.kɒn/

decon is the abbreviation of decontamination.

decon is the abbreviation of decontaminate.

Meaning of decontamination

Noun

decontamination (plural decontaminations)

  1. The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.

Meaning of decontaminate

Verb

decontaminate (third-person singular simple present decontaminates, present participle decontaminating, simple past and past participle decontaminated)

  1. (transitive) To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe.

Forms of decon

Noun
pluraldecons
Verb
third-person singular presentdecons
present participledeconning
past participledeconned
pastdeconned

Questions about decon

What is decon the abbreviation of?
Decon is the abbreviation of decontamination.
How do you pronounce decon?
Decon is pronounced /ˈdiː.kɒn/ (UK).

Words near decon in the dictionary

  1. decompressions
  2. decompressive
  3. decompressor
  4. decompressors
  5. decomps
  6. decon
  7. deconcatenate
  8. deconcatenated
  9. deconcatenates
  10. deconcatenating
  11. deconcatenation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: decon (page history and authors); decontamination (page history and authors); decontaminate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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