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Word: Contaminate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin contaminat- ‘made impure’, from the verb contaminare, from contamen ‘contact, pollution’, from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kənˈtamɪneɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance
Short Definition:make something impure by exposure to or addition of poisonous or polluting substance
Examples:- the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity
- celebrity has contaminated every aspect of public life
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