Meaning Of The Word Contaminate

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contaminate
verb: If something is contaminated by waste, dirt, chemicals, or radiation, it is made dirty or harmful.

contaminate in American English
to make impure, infected, corrupt, radioactive, etc. by contact with or addition of something; pollute; defile; sully; taint
adjective: contaminated
noun: something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant
transitive verb: to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc

contaminate in British English
adjective: contaminated
verb: to make impure, esp by touching or mixing; pollute

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