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Synonyms for contaminate
kənˈtæm əˌneɪt; -nɪt, -ˌneɪtcon·tam·i·nate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
contaminate
The hand may be defiled by a touch of pitch; swine that have been wallowing in the mud are befouled. Contaminate and infect refer to something evil that deeply pervades and permeates, as the human body or mind. Pollute is used chiefly of liquids; as, water polluted with sewage. Tainted meat is repulsive; infected meat contains germs of disease. A soiled garment may be cleansed by washing; a spoiled garment is beyond cleansing or repair. Bright metal is tarnished by exposure; a fair sheet is sullied by a dirty hand. In figurative use, defile may be used merely in the ceremonial sense; "they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled," John xviii, 28; contaminate refers to deep spiritual injury. Pollute has also a reference to sacrilege; as, to pollute a sanctuary, an altar, or an ordinance. The innocent are often contaminated by association with the wicked; the vicious are more and more corrupted by their own excesses. We speak of a vitiated taste or style; fraud vitiates a title or a contract.
Synonyms:
befoul, corrupt, defile, infect, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiateAntonyms:
clean, cleanse, disinfect, hallow, purify, sanctify, washPreposition:
The temple was defiled with blood; defiled by sacrilegious deeds.
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pollute, foul, contaminateverb
make impure
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Synonyms:
back up, maculate, choke off, befoul, clog, defile, pollute, foul, clog up, congest, chokeAntonyms:
decontaminatecontaminateverb
make radioactive by adding radioactive material
"Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
Antonyms:
decontaminate
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#3202 | soil | |
#9718 | foul | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12545 | stain | |
#19395 | infect | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#30189 | clog | |
#41477 | sully | |
#46613 | taint | |
#48868 | contaminate | |
#49554 | pollute | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#78097 | defile | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#299464 | congest |
How to use contaminate in a sentence?
Greenlight Capital David Einhorn:
We object to oil fracking because their investments can contaminate portfolio returns.
This vaping, they say it is electronic. Don't give me that shit. Better stop it, I will order your arrest if you do it in a room... That is like smoking. You contaminate people.
This confirms that Duke has committed serious and long-standing environmental crimes, but it does not clean up the coal ash that is every day continuing to contaminate our drinking water.
What we know is the rats in Hong Kong carry the virus, and we test the humans and find the virus. But how exactly it jumps between them -- whether the rats contaminate our food, or there's another animal involved, we don't know, that's the missing link.
We will maintain a clean education system, we will not allow anyone to contaminate our children.
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