Dictionary Entry
contaminate
contaminate is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
- 2adjective
Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
- 3verb
make impure
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
- 4verb
make radioactive by adding radioactive material
"Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
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