The meaning of CONTAMINATED is soiled, stained, corrupted, or infected by contact or association. How to use contaminated in a sentence.

(Definition of contaminated from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

CONTAMINATE definition: to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.. See examples of contaminate used in a sentence.

contaminated (kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd) adj made impure by the addition of a harmful or undesirable substance

• When whales eat contaminated prey, organochlorines go first to the digestive system, and are then deposited in fatty tissues. • Bioremediation appears to be a very attractive, and in many …

contaminate something (with something) to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease synonym adulterate. The drinking …

If something is contaminated by waste, dirt, chemicals, or radiation, it is made dirty or harmful.

Contaminate comes from the Latin word contaminat-, meaning “made impure.” You can use the word to indicate that a hazardous substance has been introduced into something else, such as …

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Contaminate implies intrusion of or contact with dirt or foulness from an outside source (logically enough, it derives from the Latin word tangere, meaning "to touch"). Taint stresses a loss of …