Synonyms for contamination
kənˌtæm əˈneɪ ʃəncon·tam·i·na·tion

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1. contamination, taintnoun

   the state of being contaminated

   Synonyms:
   taint, pollution, contaminant

   Antonyms:
   decontamination

2. contaminant, contaminationnoun

   a substance that contaminates

   Synonyms:
   taint, contaminant, pollution

   Antonyms:
   decontamination

3. contamination, pollutionnoun

   the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors

   Synonyms:
   defilement, taint, pollution, contaminant, befoulment

   Antonyms:
   decontamination

Matched Categories

1. • Impurity
   • Material
   • Soiling

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1. contaminationnoun

   Synonyms:
   pollution, defilement, taint, stain, infection, impurity, foulness, uncleanness, abomination

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1. contaminationnoun

   Synonyms:
   corruption, pollution, defilement, vitiation, taint, infection

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1. List of paraphrases for "contamination":

   pollution, contaminating, infection, contaminated, contaminant, contaminants, dirt, contagion

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1. Cath Rees:

   The main message I get is that they did not find any evidence of pathogenic bacteria on the sponges or brushes taken from a range of domestic settings and therefore there is no evidence that these items are a significant source of contamination in normal domestic settings, if there were some low levels of pathogens left on Cath Rees cloth, they are going to grow quite slowly( they grow optimally at body temperatures), so Cath Rees would not expect to see much growth of these, and this matched their results -- in wet condition there was some limited growth, in drying conditions the numbers either stayed the same or declined.

2. Ben Chapman:

   Cross-contamination from raw food, undercooking food, hand-washing and spreading germs from raw food, those are the things that contribute to the more than 48 million cases of foodborne illness we have every year in the US.

3. Michelle Myles:

   Tattooers really understand the need for protective equipment, we already operate with an awareness of bloodborne pathogens and cross-contamination, and so we take a lot of precautions anyway in our day-to-day operations.

4. Kevin Hall:

   A health inspector visited the restaurant, surveyed the ingredients used to make the burger and found no evidence of contamination.

5. Avner Vengosh:

   It will be impossible to capture any true measure of contamination, given the huge flow of water when they were doing this testing, the real question the state is not addressing is if coal ash particles got into the river and the extent of that.