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Meaning of contaminate in English
Pronunciation
/kənˈtæməˌneɪt/
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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.
make radioactive by adding radioactive material
Examples
« Don't drink the water--it's contaminated »
Antonyms
decontaminate