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Variant of contaminate

contaminate Definition

con·tami·nate (kən tam′ə nāt′)

transitive verb contaminated -·nat′ed, contaminating -·nat′·ing

to make impure, infected, corrupt, radioactive, etc. by contact with or addition of something; pollute; defile; sully; taint

Etymology: ME contaminaten < L contaminatus, pp. of contaminare, to defile < contamen, contact, contagion < com-, together + base of tangere, to touch: see tact

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contaminated Usage Examples

Object

  • landrace: Recently, Mexican farmers were dismayed to find their indigenous landraces widely contaminated by genetically modified corn.
  • soil: Children who eat soil contaminated with feces are at risk.
  • crop: The Bill would also ensure that any farmer who found his crop contaminated with GM, could recover damages from the GM company responsible.

Preposition: with

  • salmonella: Current government statistics estimate that 1 in every 200 eggs is still contaminated with salmonella.
  • feces: Children who eat soil contaminated with feces are at risk.
  • feces: Transmission of HAV generally occurs when susceptible persons put anything in their mouths that has been contaminated with the feces of an infected person.
  • sewage: Avoid swimming where water may be contaminated with untreated sewage.
  • arsenic: Years of industrial metal and mining activity in the area have left sediments contaminated with arsenic, copper and zinc.
  • micro-organism: This should ensure that the food is not contaminated with micro-organisms which were on your hands prior to washing.

Subject

  • feces: It is caused by a virus and has always been felt to be spread by food or water which has been contaminated by feces.
  • oa: Cereals used for human consumption were found to be less frequently contaminated by OA than those destined for use in animal feed.
  • sewage: It is usually contracted through eating or drinking food or water contaminated by infected sewage or feces.
  • bacterium: Infection is caused by breathing in small droplets of water contaminated by the bacteria.

Modifying Another Word

  • radioactively: It has been claimed that the Irish Sea is the most radioactively contaminated in the world.

Preposition: by

  • feces: It is caused by a virus and has always been felt to be spread by food or water which has been contaminated by feces.
  • oa: Cereals used for human consumption were found to be less frequently contaminated by OA than those destined for use in animal feed.
  • sewage: It is usually contracted through eating or drinking food or water contaminated by infected sewage or feces.

contaminated Quotes

Mr Kemblesacrificestoomuchto decorum.He ischiefly afraid of being contaminated by too close an identity with the character herepresents.This isthegreatest vice in an actor, who ought never to bilk his part. —Hazlitt,William