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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

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Définition of contaminated

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 :
  • The joke was 'contaminated' round among them, and they enjoyed it.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • I should kill him this instant for the contaminated pariah he is!
  • Extract from : « The Moon is Green » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Who were the members of my family I had contaminated or corrupted?
  • Extract from : « Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service » by Charles James Lever
  • An infectious material is one contaminated with germs of infection.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various
  • You see, what Thurston didn't realize was that his cultures were contaminated.
  • Extract from : « Pandemic » by Jesse Franklin Bone
  • And little Erasmus—shall his pure, innocent mind be contaminated?
  • Extract from : « The House » by Eugene Field
  • How do we know that you have not been contaminated, and are going to rise against us?
  • Extract from : « Sail Ho! » by George Manville Fenn
  • We will not have the blood of Italy contaminated—do you hear?
  • Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
  • To hear you talk, one would think you'd been contaminated by Jonathan.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Jonathan (A Play) » by Winston Churchill
  • Beer, porter, and stout are also liable to be contaminated by the presence of lead.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Civilization » by Andrew Wynter

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