Contaminated - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kənˈtæməˌnetəd|  American pronunciation of the word contaminated
Brit.  |kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd|  British pronunciation of the word contaminated
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto contaminate
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto contaminate

adjective

- rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution (syn: polluted)
had to boil the contaminated water

Extra examples

Make sure the white paint is not contaminated by any of the other colors.

The infection was traced to contaminated food.

Officials recalled two tons of contaminated meat today.

People usually contract the virus by breathing contaminated air.

Hundreds were poisoned from drinking the contaminated water.

Environmental groups have been reclaiming contaminated sites.

There have been scares about the water supply being contaminated.

...the news that the local grocery store had sold contaminated produce unsettled many shoppers...

Imperfect metals infected or contaminated with terrestrial feculence.

A wound was contaminated by bacteria.

Typhoid and cholera are often caught from contaminated water supplies.

Drinking water supplies are believed to have been contaminated.

The contaminated material should be encapsulated and removed.

There were concerns about contaminated groundwater.

There are fears that groundwater might become contaminated.

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