Contaminated
[kən'tæməneɪtɪd] or [kən'tæmənetɪd]
Definition
(adj.) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; 'had to boil the contaminated water'; 'polluted lakes and streams' .
(adj.) corrupted by contact or association; 'contaminated evidence' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Contaminate
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Examples
- Contaminated water is made safe by boiling for a few minutes, because the strong heat destroys the disease-producing germs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mrs. Peniston felt as if there had been a contagious illness in the house, and she was doomed to sit shivering among her contaminated furniture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Showing how drinking water can be contaminated from cesspool _(c)_ and wash water _(w)_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The sewage disposal is often inadequate and badly planned, and the water becomes dangerously contaminated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The results were seen to be made use of by the mechanical artist, and the abstract pr inciples were therefore supposed to be, as it were, contaminated by his touch. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Streams which flow through populated regions are apt to be contaminated, and hence water from them requires public filtration. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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