Found 3 items, similar to contaminate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: contaminate
mencemarkan, mengotorkan, menular, menulari
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: contaminate
contaminate
v 1: make impure;
“The industrial wastes polluted the lake” [syn:
pollute,
foul]
2: make radioactive by adding radioactive material;
“Don't
drink the water--it's contaminated” [ant:
decontaminate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Contaminate
Contaminate
\Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p.
Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
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Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak.
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I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt.
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Contaminate
\Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a.
Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
“Contaminate
drink.” --Daniel.
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