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con·tam·i·nate
 contaminate
- pronunciation:
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
contaminated, contaminates, contaminating |
| definition: |
to make impure or unusable by contact or by adding a harmful substance.
Chemicals are contaminating the water supply.- synonyms:
- corrupt, defile, foul, pollute, taint
- antonyms:
- purify, sterilize
- similar words:
- adulterate, befoul, dirty, infect, poison, soil, spoil, sully, vitiate
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| related words: |
canker, defile, taint |
| derivations: |
contaminable (adj.), contaminated (adj.), contaminator (n.) |
Word Builder: contaminate +
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