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contaminating Definition


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contaminate
verb contaminated, contaminating
    1. To pollute or infect (a substance).
      Thesaurus: pollute, defile, poison, vitiate, taint, adulterate, deprave, debase, tarnish; Antonym: purify.
    2. To make something radioactive by exposing it to radioactive material.
Derivative: contaminable
adj
    Derivative: contaminant
    noun
      Derivative: contamination
      noun
        The action of polluting or infecting
          Thesaurus: corruption, pollution, infection, decay, contagion.
      Derivative: contaminator
      noun
        Etymology: 16c: from Latin contaminare, contaminatum to corrupt.



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