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contaminating - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'contaminating' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Contaminating [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Contaminate

Meaning of 'contaminating' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . contaminating [ a]
Meaning (1):
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
Example in sentence:
  • a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout;
  • the air near the foundry was always dirty

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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