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Meaning of 'contaminate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Contaminate [ a.]
- Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
2 . Contaminate [ v. t.]
- To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.

Meaning of 'contaminate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . contaminate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make radioactive by adding radioactive material
Example in sentence:
  • Don't drink the water--it's contaminated
Meaning (2):
- make impure
Example in sentence:
  • The industrial wastes polluted the lake

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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