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CONTAMINATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does contaminate mean?

• CONTAMINATE (verb)
The verb CONTAMINATE has 2 senses:

1. make impure
2. make radioactive by adding radioactive material

Familiarity information: CONTAMINATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONTAMINATE (verb)

Sense 1

contaminate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Make impure

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

contaminate; pollute; foul

Context example:

The industrial wastes polluted the lake

Hypernyms (to "contaminate" is one way to...):

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "contaminate"):

infect; taint (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

contaminate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Make radioactive by adding radioactive material

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Don't drink the water--it's contaminated

Hypernyms (to "contaminate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

decontaminate (rid of contamination)

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