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contaminative

transitive verb contaminated, contaminating

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

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

Related Forms:

contaminative adjective
contaminator noun

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