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

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1. contamination, taintnoun

   the state of being contaminated

   Antonyms:
   decontamination

   Synonyms:
   taint, pollution, contaminant

2. contaminant, contaminationnoun

   a substance that contaminates

   Antonyms:
   decontamination

   Synonyms:
   taint, contaminant, pollution

3. contamination, pollutionnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   decontamination

   Synonyms:
   defilement, taint, pollution, contaminant, befoulment

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1. contaminationnoun

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

How to use contamination in a sentence?

1. Victor Vescovo:

   It was very disappointing to see obvious human contamination of the deepest point in the ocean.

2. Bob Casey:

   They want help from the Department of Agriculture. They want certainty that their crops and their livestock are safe and free from contamination and that the food supply and their livelihoods are safe.

3. Jason Gates:

   Once we saw the bags of trash go inside the cardboard containers, we sent a notification to the people on site via text message, letting them know that they should remove it before the truck comes the next morning and telling them that putting trash in the recycling container is a form of contamination, which they should not do in the future.

4. Lauren Kotwicki:

   The Blue Bell case demonstrates that we have better communication between federal, state and local partners when contamination does occur. In this case, South Carolina discovered the contamination through random sampling, and the genetic fingerprint was able to be matched to cases in Kansas. This enabled the FDA and states to investigate the production facilities and document contamination at the source.

5. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman:

   Often fish do not form signs of contamination and poison from these levels of heavy metal for two or three years at least.

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