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   Con·tam·i·nate

   /kənˈtamənāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance: "the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin contaminat- ‘made impure’, from the verb contaminare, from contamen ‘contact, pollution’, from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contaminator noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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