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How to pronounce contaminate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms foul, pollute
Type of grime, begrime, bemire, soil, colly, dirty
Has types taint, infect
Derivation contamination, contaminative, contaminant
Type Words
Type of modify, change, alter
Derivation contamination, contaminative


Don't drink the water--it's contaminated.

Examples of contaminate

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Some communities have protested that the process can contaminate drinking water.
From the washingtonpost.com
Some researchers say nonstick pans give off PFOA vapors, which contaminate food.
From the us.cnn.com
This hybrid strain had the ability to contaminate the internal contents of eggs.
From the sciencedaily.com
Many household cleaners contain chemicals that contaminate the air of your home.
From the kansas.com
What happens when modified crops contaminate all organic and conventional crops.
From the science.time.com
Studies suggest that a gram-sized drop of mercury can contaminate a 20-acre lake.
From the kentucky.com
How could so skilled a chemist have allowed sweat to contaminate his equipment?
From the time.com
E. coli can contaminate food and water and also pose an air hazard, Buckley said.
From the sciencedaily.com
Poisonings among farmers are common, and pesticides also contaminate groundwater.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Pollute: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
  • Make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
  • (contaminated) corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence"
  • (contaminated) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
  • (contaminating) corrupting: that infects or taints
  • (contamination) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
  • Contamination is the presence of a minor and unwanted constituent (contaminant) in material, physical body, natural environment, at a workplace, etc.
  • (Contamination (album)) Contamination is a 1996 album by Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando.
  • (Contamination (Private Practice)) "Contamination is the eleventh episode from the second season of Grey's Anatomy spin-off show, Private Practice. The episode aired on January 8, 2009 in the United States on ABC.