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Definition of Contaminate

1. Verb. Make impure. "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

2. Verb. Make radioactive by adding radioactive material. "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

Definition of Contaminate

1. v. t. To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.

2. a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.

Definition of Contaminate

1. Verb. To introduce impurities or foreign matter; to soil or defile. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contaminate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Medical Definition of Contaminate

1. To cause or result in contamination. Origin: L. Con-tamino, to mingle, corrupt (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contaminate

containers containersful containership containerships containest containeth containing containment containment of biohazards containment vessel

containments contains contaminable contaminant contaminants contaminate (current term) contaminated contaminates contaminating contamination

contaminations contaminative contaminator contaminators contango contangos contd conte conteck contecks

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