contaminate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·tam·in·ate [contaminate contaminates contaminated contaminating] BrE [kənˈtæmɪneɪt] NAmE [kənˈtæmɪneɪt] verb
1. ~ sth (with sth) to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease
Syn: ↑adulterate
•The drinking water has become contaminated with lead.
•contaminated blood/food/soil
•a river contaminated by pollution
2. ~ sth (formal)to influence people's ideas or attitudes in a bad way
•They were accused of contaminating the minds of our young people.
see also ↑uncontaminated
see also ↑cross-contamination
Derived Word: ↑contamination
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin contaminat- ‘made impure’, from the verb contaminare, from contamen ‘contact, pollution’, from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pollute, foul