Contamination

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of contaminating.
  • n. The state of being contaminated.
  • n. One that contaminates.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
  • n. A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
  • n. The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of contaminating, or the state of being contaminated; pollution; defilement; taint.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
  • n. the state of being contaminated
  • n. a substance that contaminates
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stuff    material   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pollution    defilement    taint    fouling    vitiation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pollution    contaminant    hazard    radiation    exposure   
     
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