CONTAMINATED

contaminated, polluted

(adjective) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; “had to boil the contaminated water”; “polluted lakes and streams”

contaminated

(adjective) corrupted by contact or association; “contaminated evidence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

contaminated

simple past tense and past participle of contaminate

Adjective

contaminated (comparative more contaminated, superlative most contaminated)

adulterated; impure

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "contaminated" is often applied: food, meat, fish, milk, water, groundwater, land, soil, sediment, site, property, air, product, material.

Source: Wiktionary

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CONTAMINATE

Con*tam"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contaminated; p.pr. & vb.n. Contaminating.] Etym: [L. contaminatus, p.p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.]

Definition: To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.

Syn.

– To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.

Con*tam"i*nate, a.

Definition: Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." Daniel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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