Definition of Contaminates. Meaning of Contaminates. Synonyms of Contaminates

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Definition of Contaminates

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. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.
Contaminate
Contaminate Con*tam"i*nate (-n[asl]t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate drink.' --Daniel.

Meaning of Contaminates from wikipedia

- maint: url-status (link) Rebecca Morelle (10 January 2007). "Cocaine contaminates Irish euros". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-07-26. "Cocaine traces on Spanish...
- Contaminated land contains substances in or under the land that are definitively or potentially hazardous to health or the environment. These areas often...
- Contaminated evidence is any foreign material that is introduced to a crime scene after the crime is committed. Contaminated evidence can be brought in...
- will become contaminated by nuclear fuel and fission products. A spilled vial of radioactive material like uranyl nitrate may contaminate the floor and...
- powered ship or submarine ingested or absorbed radioactive material that contaminates a biological entity, whether unintentionally or intentionally (such as...
- contamination stems primarily from health risks, from direct contact with the contaminated soil, vapour from the contaminants, or from secondary contamination of...
- either human or animal hosts. Some microorganisms sometimes found in contaminated surface waters that have caused human health problems include Burkholderia...
- Contaminated Man is a 2000 dramatic thriller film starring William Hurt, Natascha McElhone, and Peter Weller and directed by Anthony Hickox from a screenplay...
- fecal–oral route. This may be through contaminated food or water or person-to-person contact. It may also spread via contaminated surfaces or through air from...
- multiples of 20,000 years, referring to the half-life of Plutonium-239 which contaminates the central portion of the Zone. In the years following the disaster...