Contaminate
21contaminate — [kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt] verb [T] 1) to make something dirty, polluted, or poisonous by adding a harmful substance Industrial sewage continues to contaminate our beaches.[/ex] 2) to affect something or someone in a negative way contamination… …
22contaminate — con•tam•i•nate v. [[t]kənˈtæm əˌneɪt[/t]] n., adj. [[t] nɪt, ˌneɪt[/t]] v. nat•ed, nat•ing, n. adj. 1) to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.; pollute; taint: to contaminate a lake with sewage[/ex] 2) …
23contaminate — To cause or result in contamination. [L. con tamino, to mingle, corrupt] * * * con·tam·i·nate kən tam ə .nāt vt, nat·ed; nat·ing 1) to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association <bacteria contaminated the wound> 2) to make inferior or …
24contaminate — To introduce a substance that would cause (a) the concentration of that substance in the around water to exceed the maximum contaminant levels; or (b) an increase in the concentration of that substance in the ground water where the existing… …
25contaminate — Synonyms and related words: activate, adulterate, alloy, bastardize, befoul, benasty, canker, charge, cheapen, coarsen, confound, corrupt, cut, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denaturalize, denature, deprave, desecrate,… …
26contaminate — 01. The city s water supply became [contaminated] when an animal fell in, and drowned. 02. Dozens of people in the town of Walkerton fell ill after the local water supply became [contaminated] with E. coli bacteria. 03. The water here could be… …
27contaminate — con|tam|i|nate [kənˈtæmıneıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of contaminare, from contamen contact ] 1.) to make a place or substance dirty or harmful by putting something such as chemicals or poison in it ▪ Drinking… …
28contaminate — [[t]kəntæ̱mɪneɪt[/t]] contaminates, contaminating, contaminated VERB If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful. [be V ed] Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean? [V ed] ...vast… …
29contaminate — con tam·i·nate || neɪt v. pollute, make impure; infect with a disease …
30contaminate — verb make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance. Derivatives contaminant noun contamination noun contaminator noun Origin ME: from L. contaminat , contaminare make impure , from contamen contact,… …
