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contaminate Definition and Meaning in English (contaminate definition)

verb
Synonyms:pollutetaintdefile
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Contaminate definition: To make something impure or unsuitable by introducing a polluting or harmful substance.

Definitions of Contaminate

  1. 1verb

    To make something impure or unsuitable by introducing a polluting or harmful substance.

Example Sentences

“The factory waste can contaminate the river.”

“Do not contaminate the clean water with dirty hands.”

“A single infected person can contaminate an entire group.”

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Inflected Word Forms

past participlecontaminated
present participlecontaminating
nouncontamination
nouncontaminant

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

contaminate the evidencecollocation

To introduce something into evidence that makes it unreliable or inadmissible.

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Contaminate definition: To make something impure or unsuitable by introducing a polluting or harmful substance.
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'Contaminate' translates to 'contaminate' in English. Contaminate definition: To make something impure or unsuitable by introducing a polluting or harmful substance.
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