verb
- to reduce or eliminate congestion in something, especially traffic or blocked passages
Usage: often used in medical or traffic contexts
Examples
- The new highway was built to decongest the downtown area.
- Nasal spray can help decongest blocked sinuses.
- City planners are working to decongest the busy intersection.
- The medication will decongest your airways within hours.
- They installed traffic lights to decongest the main road.
- Steam inhalation can decongest stuffy nasal passages.