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1. (v.t.) contaminate
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.; pollute; taint:
to contaminate a lake with sewage.
2. contaminate
to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to.
3. (n.) contaminate
something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant.
4. (adj.) contaminate
Obs. contaminated.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < L contāminātus, ptp. of contāmināre to defile, spoil)
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1. (verb) pollute, foul, contaminate
make impure
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
2. (verb) contaminate
make radioactive by adding radioactive material
"Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
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1. (verb) contaminate
to pollute or make unusable with harmful substances
water contaminated with pesticides; contaminated soil; the contamination of our air
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1. (adj) contaminate
contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted
2. (verb) contaminate
to soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile
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Sense: to make impure
The town's water-supply has been contaminated by chemicals from the factory.
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 Afrikaans: besoedel, kontamineer, be |
 Arabic: يُفْسِد ، يُلَوِّث |
 Bulgarian: заразявам |
 Brazilian: contaminar |
 Czech: znečistit |
 German: verseuchen |
 Danish: forurene |
 Greek: μολύνω |
 Spanish: contaminar |
 Estonian: reostama |
 Farsi: آلوده کردن |
 Finnish: saastuttaa |
 French: contaminer |
 Hebrew: לְזָהֵם |
 Hindi: अशुद्ध करना |
 Croatian: upraljati, zaraziti |
 Hungarian: (be)szennyez |
 Indonesian: mencemari |
 Icelandic: spilla, menga |
 Italian: contaminare |
 Japanese: 汚す |
 Korean: 오염시키다 |
 Lithuanian: užteršti |
 Latvian: aptraipīt; inficēt; saind |
 Malay: tercemar |
 Dutch: verontreinigen |
 Norwegian: forurense, smitte, kontam |
 Polish: zanieczyszczać |
 Persian: آلوده کردن |
 Pashto: فاسدول، ملوت كول |
 Portuguese: contaminar |
 Romanian: a contamina |
 Russian: загрязнять |
 Slovak: znečistiť |
 Slovenian: okužiti |
 Serbian: zagaditi |
 Swedish: förorena, smitta ner |
 Thai: ปนเปื้อน |
 Turkish: kirletmek |
 Taiwanese: 污染 |
 Ukrainian: забруднювати; заражати |
 Urdu: آلوده كرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm ô nhiễm |
 Chinese: 污染 |
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