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contaminate
 
Verb contaminate has 2 senses
  1. pollute, foul, contaminate - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
    --1 is one way to dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
    Derived forms: noun contamination2, noun contamination1, noun contamination3, noun contaminant1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. contaminate - make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
    --2 is one way to     change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: decontaminate
    Derived forms: noun contamination2, noun contamination1, noun contamination3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
containing containing iron containment contains containt contaminados contaminant contaminants contaminate contaminated contaminated waste contaminates contaminating contamination contamination control contaminative contaminent

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