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Meaning of contaminate in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /kənˈtæməˌneɪt/

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  1. Verb

    contaminate

    Etymology

    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’

    Definitions

    1. make impure

    Examples

    • « The industrial wastes polluted the lake »
  2. 2. make radioactive by adding radioactive material

    Examples

    • « Don't drink the water--it's contaminated »

    Antonyms

    • decontaminate

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