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contaminating
(encz) | contaminating, |
contaminating
(gcide) | contaminating \contaminating\ adj.
spreading contamination; especially radioactive
contamination. clean
Syn: dirty.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. causing moral or behavioral degredation. the contaminating
influence of violent movies
Syn: corrupting.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
Contaminating
(gcide) | Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
[1913 Webster]
Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt.
[1913 Webster] |
contaminating
(wn) | contaminating
adj 1: spreading pollution or contamination; especially
radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was
always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of
long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: dirty,
contaminating] [ant: clean, uncontaminating]
2: that infects or taints [syn: corrupting, contaminating] |
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contaminating
(encz) | contaminating, |
decontaminating
(encz) | decontaminating, |
uncontaminating
(encz) | uncontaminating, adj: |
contaminating
(gcide) | contaminating \contaminating\ adj.
spreading contamination; especially radioactive
contamination. clean
Syn: dirty.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. causing moral or behavioral degredation. the contaminating
influence of violent movies
Syn: corrupting.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
[1913 Webster]
Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt.
[1913 Webster] |
contaminating
(wn) | contaminating
adj 1: spreading pollution or contamination; especially
radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was
always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of
long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: dirty,
contaminating] [ant: clean, uncontaminating]
2: that infects or taints [syn: corrupting, contaminating] |
uncontaminating
(wn) | uncontaminating
adj 1: not spreading pollution or contamination; especially
radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and
more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably
clean" [syn: clean, uncontaminating] [ant:
contaminating, dirty] |
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