Contaminate: v.tr. (word coming from the Latin contaminare).
1. To pollute (infect). Nitrates have contaminated the river.
Adjectival past participle: Invaded by microorganisms and therefore capable of transmitting infection.
Contaminated water.
To make radioactive.
Adjectival past participle: Contaminated area.
2. To transmit a disease to (someone). He infected his comrades.
Adjectival past participle: Blood contaminated (by the AIDS virus).
3. Figurative meaning: Having a...
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