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contaminate

/ contaminate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
make radioactive by adding radioactive material
"Don''t drink the water--it''s contaminated"
Opposites:
decontaminate
Type of:
change alter modify
Derived:
contaminant contamination taint pollution
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
make impure
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Type of:
dirty soil begrime
Kinds of:
infect taint
Derived:
contaminant contamination taint pollution befoulment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
34%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
18
Times Searched
1
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Related Words

change alter modify decontaminate dirty soil begrime infect taint