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

1. transitive verb. To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
2. adjective. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
3. verb. make impure

   "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

   Synonyms: foul, pollute

4. verb. make radioactive by adding radioactive material

   "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

Synonyms

foul, pollute

Common word forms

contaminated, contaminates, contaminating

Words from these letters

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