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contaminated
con·tam·i·nate C0597000 (kən-tăm′ə-nāt′)tr.v. con·tam·i·nat·ed, con·tam·i·nat·ing, con·tam·i·nates 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture.2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity.3. Linguistics To influence the semantic properties or phonological form of (a word or phrase); blend with: The Middle English word femelle was contaminated by the word male, resulting in the modern form female.n. (-nĭt) One that contaminates; a contaminant.
[Middle English contaminaten, from Latin contāmināre, contāmināt-; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]
con·tam′i·na′tive adj.con·tam′i·na′tor n.Synonyms: contaminate, befoul, foul, poison, pollute, taint
These verbs mean to make dirty or impure: Pesticides contaminated the lake. Mud befouled his shoes. Noxious fumes foul the air. Farm runoff poisoned the fish. Exhaust polluted the air. Improper storage tainted the food.contaminated (kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd) adjmade impure by the addition of a harmful or undesirable substanceThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | contaminated - corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence"uncontaminated - not corrupted by contact or association; "there is no culture uncontaminated by contact with the outside world" | | 2. | contaminated - rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"pollutedimpure - combined with extraneous elements |
contaminatedadjective polluted, dirtied, poisoned, infected, stained, corrupted, tainted, sullied, defiled, soiled, adulterated More than 100,000 people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeecontaminateLegalSeePollutionFinancialSeepollutioncontaminated
Synonyms for contaminatedadj pollutedSynonyms- polluted
- dirtied
- poisoned
- infected
- stained
- corrupted
- tainted
- sullied
- defiled
- soiled
- adulterated
Synonyms for contaminatedadj corrupted by contact or associationAntonymsadj rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollutionSynonymsRelated Words |