Contaminate

/kənˈtæmɪneɪt/

Synonyms for "contaminate" (121 found)

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Verb(10 words)

pollute adulterate adulterated adulterates aggravate bacterize befouled befouls bias corrupt

activate adulterate alloy bastardize befoul benasty canker charge cheapen coarsen confound corrupt

Noun(2 words)

adulterating befouling

Adjective(1 words)

blighted

Strong matches (36)

Verb(6 words)

corrupted deface defiled distort falsify foul

cut debase debauch decay defile deflower degenerate degrade denaturalize denature deprave desecrate despoil devalue dilute dirty disease distort doctordoctor up

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fortify foul

Noun(8 words)

defiles defiling dirting dirtyingdisease causing agentdistemper fouling fouls

Related words (60)

harm infect injure irradiate lace messmess upmisuse nasty pervert poison pollute profane prostitute radiumize ravage ravish rot soil spike

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spoil stain sully tainttamper withtarnish twist ulcerate violate vitiate vulgarize warp waterwater downweight

Noun(13 words)

infected infecting nast poisoning poisonssoil color examplesoil compositionssoil productsoil samplesoiler splashessullying tainting taints

Verb(8 words)

infects mongrelizepollute environmentpollutes soil stinking taint vitiating

Adjective(4 words)

poisoned pollutedpolluting runofftainted

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More general

11 entries

alter alteration begrime bemire change colly corruption dirty grime modify soil

More specific

6 entries

air contaminationbiological contaminationdata contaminationexperimental contaminationsample contaminationwater contamination

Collocations

5 entries

air contaminationbiological contaminationcontamination controldata contaminationwater contamination

Inflections

3 entries

contaminated contaminates contaminating

Derivations

5 entries

contaminant contaminated contaminating contamination contaminator

Antonyms

1 entries

decontaminate

Sample sentences

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If you don't wash your hand before working, you'll contaminate the samples.

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I don't want to contaminate the clean glasses by taking them out of the dishwasher.

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Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot.

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David Paige says it is important not to contaminate Mars with a microbe that could spread.

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