Contaminate

Quick meaning: Contaminate is a verb meaning (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

Meaning

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
2. (transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
3. (transitive) To infect, usually of a deadly virus.
4. (used as a participle) Contaminated.
5. (figuratively) Dirty, sinful, wicked, gross, etc.

Example Sentences

This water is contaminated. It isn't safe to drink.

Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.

Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes?

I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated.

Word Forms

• contaminates
• contaminating
• contaminated

Synonyms for contaminate

Depending on context, synonyms include poison, pollute, taint, defile, sully, assoil.

Antonyms for contaminate

Common opposites include decontaminate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pollute, foul, taint, polluted, spoil, spread.

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