contaminate

[US]/kənˈtæmɪneɪt/
[UK]/kənˈtæmɪneɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. make (something) impure, polluted by contact or mixture.

Example Sentences

be contaminated by bureaucratism

the entertainment industry is able to contaminate the mind of the public.

a wound contaminated by bacteria

The river was contaminated with waste.

Don't be contaminated by bureaucratism.

Noxious fumes poison the air.See Synonyms at contaminate

The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity.

The waste from this factory contaminates the water in the river.

Fomite. An inanimate object that is contaminated with infectious agents.

Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.

a new tax could be levied on industry to pay for cleaning up contaminated land.

dioxins get into mothers' milk through contaminated food.

The bacteria contaminated mostly were gram-positive organisms such as Bacillus species, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Bacterium diphtheroid.

Phytoremediation is a new technology developed recently for the remediation of Hg contaminated soil, in which, phytoextraction is a kind of most favorable phytoremediation techniques.

The usaul contaminate in beer are bacterium,fungus and wild yeast, most of them are anaerobion causing the muddy, flavor chaging and turning sour, Beer anaerobic culture medium should be found out.

Schistosome infected people or other mammals from the discharge of faecal egg, if manure contaminated the water, eggs were brought into the water, hatched miracidium in the water.

Real-world Examples

And admit that we contaminated the clean room? No, admit that you contaminated the clean room.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

All fresh produce can be contaminated in many ways.

Source: Popular Science Essays

Some feared the underground water supply has been contaminated.

Source: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

The people are starving and drink contaminated water.

Source: VOA Daily Standard January 2017 Collection

The fingertips became by far the most bacterially contaminated.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation March 2014

But usually there's an effort not to contaminate the moon.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2022 Collection

But, the body is lethally contaminated if it receives over 400 roentgens.

Source: Rescue Chernobyl

It is the trickiest thing in the world not to contaminate a specimen.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

You can also catch it from bedding or clothing contaminated by monkeypox sores.

Source: NPR News May 2022 Collection

The department of Resources notified the town council that the water supply was contaminated.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

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