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The art of convincing a surface it never met the thing that touched it.
means To remove harmful substances — chemicals, radiation, germs — from a person, object, or place until it's safe again.
from Latin contaminare, to defile, soiled by a dramatic de- meaning undo; the word arrived loud in the 1940s when chemical and nuclear warfare made unsoiling a matter of life and death.
Cold War starDecon showers became fallout-shelter standard equipment.
Order mattersRemove gear last, hands first, or you spread it.
Not sterilizeClean enough to be safe, not perfectly germ-free.