CONTAMINATE


Meaning of CONTAMINATE in English

(~s, contaminating, ~d)

If something is ~d by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.

Have any fish been ~d in the Arctic Ocean?

...vast tracts of empty land, much of it ~d by years of army activity.

VERB: be V-ed, V-ed

~d

Nuclear weapons plants across the country are heavily ~d with toxic wastes...

More than 100,000 people could fall ill after drinking ~d water.

ADJ

contamination

The contamination of the sea around Capri may be just the beginning.

N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp

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