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    Contaminated
    /kənˈtamənādəd/

    adjective

    • 1. having been made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance: "contaminated blood products"
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  3. Learn the meaning of contaminated as an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Contaminated means soiled, stained, corrupted, or infected by contact or association, or made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.

  4. Contaminate means to make impure or unclean by contact or association with something harmful or unpleasant. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and usage of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  5. 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.

  6. Contaminate means to make something less pure or make it poisonous. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, such as food, water, environment, and health, with synonyms, antonyms, and translations.

  7. Contaminated means poisonous or not pure, often caused by something like sewage or a virus. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and translations in different languages.

  8. Contaminate means to make something less pure or make it poisonous. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, such as environment, food, water, and health, with synonyms, antonyms, and translations.

  9. IPA guide. Other forms: contaminated; contaminating; contaminates. The verb contaminate means the same as pollute. Whether it’s food, air, or water, when you contaminate something, you make it impure or hazardous. Contaminate comes from the Latin word contaminat-, meaning “made impure.”.

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