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con·tam·i·nate (kən-tăm'ə-nāt')
tr.v., -nated, -nat·ing, -nates.
  1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture.
  2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity.
n. (-nĭt)
One that contaminates; a contaminant.

[Middle English contaminaten, from Latin contāmināre, contāmināt-.]

contaminative con·tam'i·na'tive adj.
contaminator con·tam'i·na'tor n.

SYNONYMS   contaminate, befoul, foul, poison, pollute, taint. These verbs mean to make dirty or impure: Pesticides contaminated the lake. Mud befouled my shoes. Noxious fumes fouled the air. Drugs poisoned her mind. Exhaust polluted the air. Improper storage tainted the food.




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