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Thesaurus: contaminate

To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.

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  1. v. t. To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
  2. a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
  3. v. make impure
  4. v. make radioactive by adding radioactive material
  5. To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith. Syn. -- To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." Daniel.
  6. To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; totaint; to pollute; to defile.Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak.I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtuecontaminated. Goldsmith.
  7. v:100 v. make radioactive by adding radioactive material