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con·tam·i·nate
[v. kuhn-tam-uh-neyt; n., adj. kuhn-tam-uh-nit, -neyt] verb, con·tam·i·nat·ed, con·tam·i·nat·ing, noun, adjective verb (used with object)
1.
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
2.
to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to: to contaminate a laboratory.
noun
3.
something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant.
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Contaminated
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adjective
4.
Obsolete. contaminated.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English contaminaten < Latin contāminātus, past participle of contāmināre to defile, spoil, equivalent to con- con- + -tāminare, verbal derivative of *tāmen something touched < *tag-s-men, equivalent to tag-, variant stem of tangere to touch + -s-men resultative noun suffix; compare examen
1375–1425; late Middle English contaminaten < Latin contāminātus, past participle of contāmināre to defile, spoil, equivalent to con- con- + -tāminare, verbal derivative of *tāmen something touched < *tag-s-men, equivalent to tag-, variant stem of tangere to touch + -s-men resultative noun suffix; compare examen
Related forms
con·tam·i·na·ble, adjective
con·tam·i·na·tive, adjective
con·tam·i·na·tor, noun
con·tam·i·nous, adjective
non·con·tam·i·na·ble, adjective
EXPANDnon·con·tam·i·na·tive, adjective
re·con·tam·i·nate, verb (used with object), re·con·tam·i·nat·ed, re·con·tam·i·nat·ing.
self-con·tam·i·nat·ing, adjective
un·con·tam·i·na·ble, adjective
un·con·tam·i·nat·ed, adjective
un·con·tam·i·na·tive, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. defile, pollute, taint, infect, poison, corrupt.
1. defile, pollute, taint, infect, poison, corrupt.
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| contaminated | |
adjective | |
| 1. | corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence" [ant: uncontaminated] |
| 2. | rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams" |
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