verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
contaminated (= water that has harmful substances in it )
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They became ill from drinking contaminated water.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
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What was left was a reddish brown, contaminated by earth and blood .
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The second subcategory of blood-to-\#blood contact is transmission by receipt of contaminated blood transfusions or of contaminated blood products.
food
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Clostridium bacteria can grow only in the complete absence of oxygen, so they have been found in contaminated cans of food .
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The other three in four cases are caused by contaminated food , such as rotten meat.
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Food producers do their best to make sure that food is not contaminated with any food poisoning organisms.
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I know the rats are a worry because they are so dangerous and can contaminate food .
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Also avoid tinned foods , because the phenolic resin that is used to line the tin can contaminate the food.
water
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The people nearby who drank beer did not get cholera: ergo, contaminated water spread the disease.
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It seemed an extremely odd locution for a scientist to be using about contaminated water .
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He believes that sewage is contaminating the water and driving them away.
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An interim ground water removal system has been in operation for several years, removing 7 millions gallons of contaminated water.
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Should it surprise us, then, that a child dies every eight seconds from drinking contaminated water ?
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It can also deteriorate cement, brick and wood and eventually contaminate ground water .
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Could they be the cause of the problem, by contaminating the water ?
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Giardia is acquired by ingesting food containing the cysts or, more commonly, drinking contaminated water .
■ VERB
become
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Humans can not catch foot and mouth but they can become contaminated by the airborne virus and transport it between areas.
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Residents fearful of their wells becoming contaminated would like to see the one of the wells moved farther south.
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I am painfully aware of how we get caught up in our times and become contaminated by our own hypocrisy.
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That was before it became contaminated and perverted into what it is today.
find
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Clostridium bacteria can grow only in the complete absence of oxygen, so they have been found in contaminated cans of food.
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It was quite a shock when 400 square metres of the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity.
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Of chicken liver samples, three-quarters are typically found to be contaminated with Campylobacter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lead in plumbing can contaminate drinking water.
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Publicity before the trial can contaminate a jury.
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The food was contaminated during the production process.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another reason is, plastic sacks are commonly contaminated by trash, such as paper and metal cans stuck inside.
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Federal and state engineers are seeking way to capture and treat the contaminated runoff.
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Hikers and campers often become infected by drinking water from contaminated streams.
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Humans can not catch foot and mouth but they can become contaminated by the airborne virus and transport it between areas.
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The heat also produced up to a kilogram of lethal dioxin, some of which still contaminates the surrounding area.
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The issue was whether or not the bacteria in his body would contaminate the local ecosystem.
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The ordinance prohibits the city from recharging in contaminated areas.