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- DictionaryContaminated/kənˈtamənādəd/
adjective
- 1. having been made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance: "contaminated blood products"
1. a. : to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association. Bacteria contaminated the wound. b. : to make inferior or impure by admixture. iron contaminated with phosphorus. 2. : to make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements. water contaminated by sewage. contaminative. kən-ˈta-mə-ˌnā-tiv. adjective.
The meaning of CONTAMINATED is soiled, stained, corrupted, or infected by contact or association. How to use contaminated in a sentence.
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage. Synonyms: corrupt, poison, infect, taint, pollute, defile. to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to: to contaminate a laboratory.
verb [ T ] uk / kənˈtæm.ɪ.neɪt / us / kənˈtæm.ə.neɪt / Add to word list. to make something less pure or make it poisonous: Much of the coast has been contaminated by nuclear waste. The food which had been contaminated was destroyed. Synonym. pollute. Opposite. decontaminate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making things dirty & untidy.
Meaning of contaminate in English. contaminate. verb [ T ] us / kənˈtæm.ə.neɪt / uk / kənˈtæm.ɪ.neɪt / Add to word list. to make something less pure or make it poisonous: Much of the coast has been contaminated by nuclear waste. The food which had been contaminated was destroyed. Synonym. pollute. Opposite. decontaminate.
Meaning of contaminated in English. contaminated. adjective. uk / kənˈtæm.ɪ.neɪ.tɪd / us / kənˈtæm.ə.neɪ.t̬ɪd / Add to word list. poisonous or not pure: contaminated with The infection was probably caused by swimming in water contaminated with sewage. contaminated water People need to stop drinking the contaminated water.
1. : a process of contaminating : a state of being contaminated. 2. : contaminant. Synonyms. adulterant. contaminant. defilement. impurity. pollutant. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of contamination in a Sentence. swimming in the lake is banned until the contamination is identified and neutralized.
