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Antonyms for contaminates

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb kuhn-tam-uh-neyt; noun, adjective kuhn-tam-uh-nit, -neyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb kənˈtæm əˌneɪt; noun, adjective kənˈtæm ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt


Definition of contaminates

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare "to defile," from contamen "contact, pollution," from com- "together" (see com-) + *tag-, base of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Related: Contaminant (1934); contaminable.
  • verb adulterate
Example sentences :
  • It was merely lopping off from the Legislative body a rotten member who contaminates the whole system.
  • Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • Possibly this contaminates the water, for there has been a great outbreak of diphtheria, which has been very fatal.
  • Extract from : « Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) » by Isabella L. Bird
  • The flag that will not protect its protectors is a dirty rag that contaminates the air in which it waves.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • She is the viper turned against the breast of its mother; she is the sick sheep that contaminates the whole herd of her master.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Italy » by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
  • It is, however, a variety of alg not easily detected that contaminates the water.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various
  • Ma lady-love don't like to hab me smoke no cigars, kase she says it contaminates ma presence.
  • Extract from : « The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays » by Walter Ben Hare
  • A small portion of sulphurous acid, which contaminates it, may be removed by redistillation from a little acetate of lead.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • He contaminates trade; corrupts politics, making abusive laws, not asking for justice but only dividends.
  • Extract from : « Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3) » by Theodore Parker
  • A son-in-law is a rascal who poisons a girl's mind and contaminates her whole nature.
  • Extract from : « Father Goriot » by Honore de Balzac

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