contaminate

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verb

1. make impure (Freq. 4)
- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
• Syn:
pollute, foul
• Derivationally related forms:
contaminative, contamination, contaminant, pollution (for: pollute), polluter (for: pollute), pollutant (for: pollute)
• Hypernyms:
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
• Hyponyms:
infect, taint
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make radioactive by adding radioactive material (Freq. 1)
- Don't drink the water--it's contaminated
• Ant:
decontaminate
• Derivationally related forms:
contaminative, contamination
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pollute, foul