'Contaminate' definitions:
Definition of 'contaminate'
From: WordNet
verb
verb
Make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated" [ant: decontaminate]
Definition of 'Contaminate'
From: GCIDE
- Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Contaminate'
From: GCIDE
- Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. [1913 Webster]
- Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
- Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contaminate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activate,
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- bastardize,
- befoul,
- benasty,
- canker,
- charge,
- cheapen,
- coarsen,
- confound,
- corrupt,
- cut,
- debase,
- debauch,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denaturalize,
- denature,
- deprave,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- devalue,
- dilute,
- dirty,
- disease,
- distort,
- doctor,
- doctor up,
- fortify,
- foul,
- harm,
- infect,
- injure,
- irradiate,
- lace,
- mess,
- mess up,
- misuse,
- nasty,
- pervert,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prostitute,
- radiumize,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- rot,
- soil,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stain,
- sully,
- taint,
- tamper with,
- tarnish,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- water,
- water down