v. (D; tr.) to contaminate by, with (to contaminate smb. with smt; a wound contaminated by bacteria)
contaminate
¦ verb make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
Derivatives
contaminant noun
contamination noun
contaminator noun
Origin
ME: from L. contaminat-, contaminare 'make impure', from contamen 'contact, pollution', from con- 'together with' + the base of tangere 'to touch'.
contaminate
(contaminates, contaminating, contaminated)
If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean?
...vast tracts of empty land, much of it contaminated by years of army activity.
VERB: beV-ed, V-ed
• contaminated
Nuclear weapons plants across the country are heavily contaminated with toxic wastes...
More than 100,000 people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
ADJ
• contamination
The contamination of the sea around Capri may be just the beginning.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
Википедия
Contamination
Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that spoils, corrupts, infects, makes unfit, or makes inferior a material, physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc.