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There’s no need for you to suffer any further contamination by mingling with such persons as are yonder.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
Taboos of first chapter indicate that in the early ages the fear of contamination by woman predominated.
TABOO AND GENETICSMELVIN MOSES KNIGHT, IVA LOWTHER PETERS, AND PHYLLIS MARY BLANCHARD
His face was greenish from the effects of the special, contamination resistant mixture that they were breathing.
THE MAROONERCHARLES A. STEARNS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO CONTAMINATION
- adulteration
- adulterator
- contamination
- contaminator
- defilement
- impurity
- pollutant
- contamination
- debauchment
- deterioration
- adulterant
- adulteration
- contamination
- contaminator
- defilement
- impurity
- pollutant
- affliction
- bane
- blot on the landscape
- canker
- contamination
- corruption
- curse
- decay
- dump
- evil
- eyesore
- fungus
- infestation
- mildew
- pest
- pestilence
- pollution
- rot
- scourge
- sight
- withering
- woe
- bane
- contamination
- corruption
- illness
- miasma
- pestilence
- plague
- poison
- pollution
- taint
- transmission
- venom
- virus
- adulterant
- contamination
- foreign matter
- impurity
- poison
- pollutant
- toxin
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adulteration, blemish, contaminant, corruption, decay, en.synonym.one, defilement, dirt, foulness, impurity, pollution, putrefaction, speck, taint.
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contamination, taintnoun
the state of being contaminated
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taint, pollution, contamination, contaminantAntonyms:
decontamination -
contaminant, contaminationnoun
a substance that contaminates
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contamination, taint, contaminant, pollutionAntonyms:
decontamination -
contamination, pollutionnoun
the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
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defilement, taint, pollution, contamination, contaminant, befoulmentAntonyms:
decontamination
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Felipe Gmez:
Given the risk of detecting any type of contamination, microbiologists that work in extreme environments take many precautions to avoid it, in our work, we sampled in completely aseptic conditions.
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Todd Lyons:
These individuals were justifiably concerned that doing so would dangerously expose them to risk of infection given the cross-contamination with many different individuals from all over the facility who come and go from the medical unit and with many shared surfaces.
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Ken Buesseler:
Despite the fact that the levels of contamination off our shores remain well below government-established safety limits for human health or to marine life, the changing values underscore the need to more closely monitor contamination levels across the Pacific.
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Bob Baffert:
Damn shame this great horse, connections and me have to be put through all this, it was obvious environmental contamination. Its been a known problem in California.
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Till Backhaus:
So long as we have not identified a source, we must investigate in all directions and cannot take part in the sometimes wild speculation (about the contamination source).
Translations for CONTAMINATION
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- تلوث اشعاعىArabic
- замърсяванеBulgarian
- contaminacióCatalan, Valencian
- kontaminace, znečištěníCzech
- Verseuchung, Kontamination, VerunreinigungGerman
- kontaminado, kontaminoEsperanto
- contaminaciónSpanish
- saastuttaminen, pilaantuminen, saastuminen, sanasekaumaFinnish
- contaminationFrench
- truailleadhScottish Gaelic
- contaminazioneItalian
- 汚染, コンタミネーションJapanese
- kontaminācija, kontaminēšanāsLatvian
- kontaminazzjoniMaltese
- zanieczyszczeniePolish
- contaminareRomanian
- контаминация, загрязнениеRussian
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adulteration, contagion, corruption, decay, defilement, dirtying, filth, foulness, impurity, infection, poisoning, pollution, radioactivation, rottenness, taint
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contaminate
( contaminates 3rd person present) ( contaminating present participle) ( contaminated past tense & past participle ) If something is contaminatedby dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful. verb
Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean? be V-ed
…vast tracts of empty land, much of it contaminated by years of army activity. V-ed
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contaminated adj
Nuclear weapons plants across the country are heavily contaminated with toxic wastes…, More than 100,000 people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
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contamination n-uncount usu with supp
The contamination of the sea around Capri may be just the beginning.
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