 contaminated |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] corrupted by contact or association | |
| Examples: | "contaminated evidence" |
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| Related terms: | uncontaminated | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] contaminated with infecting organisms | |
| Synonyms: | infected pestiferous dirty | |
| Examples: | "dirty wounds" "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen |
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| Related terms: | septic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution | |
| Synonyms: | polluted | |
| Examples: | "had to boil the contaminated water" "polluted lakes and streams" |
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| Related terms: | impure | |
| Similar spelling: |
contaminate contaminative contaminant contamination contaminating continued contained continuant continuance contemplate continual continent contemplative continually contingent continence continuation containment containerized containerised |
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