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- Dictionarycontaminate/kənˈtamɪneɪt/
verb
- 1. make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance: "the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity"
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to make something less pure or make it poisonous: The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contaminate food or water.
The meaning of CONTAMINATE is to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association. How to use contaminate in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Contaminate.
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage. Synonyms: corrupt, poison, infect, taint, pollute, defile. to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to: to contaminate a laboratory.
to make something less pure or make it poisonous: The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contaminate food or water.
The verb contaminate means the same as pollute. Whether it’s food, air, or water, when you contaminate something, you make it impure or hazardous.
verb. If something is contaminated by waste, dirt, chemicals, or radiation, it is made dirty or harmful. Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean? [be VERB -ed] ...vast tracts of empty land, much of it contaminated by years of army activity. [VERB-ed] [ Also VERB noun]
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 water has become contaminated with lead.
