contaminator
31contamination — contaminate ► VERB ▪ make impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance. DERIVATIVES contaminant noun contamination noun contaminator noun. ORIGIN Latin contaminare make impure , from contamen contact, pollution …
32contaminate — [kən tam′ə nāt΄] vt. contaminated, contaminating [ME contaminaten < L contaminatus, pp. of contaminare, to defile < contamen, contact, contagion < com , together + base of tangere, to touch: see TACT] to make impure, infected, corrupt,… …
33contaminate — v.tr. 1 pollute, esp. with radioactivity. 2 infect. Derivatives: contaminant n. contamination n. contaminator n. Etymology: L contaminare (as com , tamen rel. to tangere touch) …
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