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contaminate
[ verb kuhn-tam-uh-neyt; noun adjective kuhn-tam-uh-nit, -neyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.:
to contaminate a lake with sewage.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to:
to contaminate a laboratory.
noun
- something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant.
adjective
- Obsolete. contaminated.
contaminate
verb
- to make impure, esp by touching or mixing; pollute
- to make radioactive by the addition of radioactive material
adjective
- archaic.contaminated
Derived Forms
- DzˈٲԲپ, adjective
- DzˈٲԲ, adjective
- DzˈٲˌԲٴǰ, noun
- DzˈٲԲԳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Dz·ٲi·Բ· adjective
- Dz·ٲi·Բt adjective
- Dz·ٲi·Բtǰ noun
- Dz·ٲi·Դdzܲ adjective
- nonDz·ٲi·Բ· adjective
- nonDz·ٲi·Բt adjective
- cDz·ٲi·Բٱ verb (used with object) recontaminated recontaminating
- -Dz·ٲi·ԲiԲ adjective
- unDz·ٲi·Բ· adjective
- ܲcDz·ٲi·Բe adjective
- unDz·ٲi·Բt adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of contaminate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of contaminate1
Example Sentences
The contaminated water released toxic gas that briefly engulfed Dunsmuir and made hundreds of people ill.
It is yet another example of the state’s failing water systems, many of which are in rural parts of the state’s Central Valley, where water is drawn from wells that are contaminated.
Davis said he was never a fan of using scraping to fix contaminated soils because “it’s like making it a somebody-else’s-problem type thing.”
But they can also catch it by eating contaminated meat or dairy products.
Sinner's violation carried a maximum sanction of four years before his defence - that he was inadvertently contaminated with the substance by his physiotherapist - was considered.
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