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contaminate
[kuhn-tam-uh-neyt, 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
archaiccontaminated
Other Word Forms
- contaminable adjective
- contaminative adjective
- contaminator noun
- contaminous adjective
- noncontaminable adjective
- noncontaminative adjective
- recontaminate verb (used with object)
- self-contaminating adjective
- uncontaminable adjective
- uncontaminated adjective
- uncontaminative adjective
- DzˈٲԲپ adjective
- DzˈٲԲ adjective
- DzˈٲˌԲٴǰ noun
- DzˈٲԲԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of contaminate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of contaminate1
Example Sentences
In 2021 a Dutch court ordered Shell to compensate farmers for spills that contaminated swathes of farmland and fishing waters in the Niger Delta.
They alleged the insurer has delayed and denied claims, leaving wildfire victims in perilous financial positions and unable to return to contaminated homes.
But campaigners have long warned about a lack of regulation and that sludge could be contaminated with cancer-linked chemicals, microplastics, and other industrial pollutants.
The University of Leicester's study into police retention of investigative materials, found three quarters of lawyers it surveyed had worked on a criminal conviction where evidence had been lost, destroyed or contaminated.
Her defence team say the contaminated meal was a tragic accident, and argue it had made their client sick too.
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