as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
the hospitals had no choice but to throw out the contaminated blood supply
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as in poisoned
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
a supply of drinking water that was contaminated by a toxic waste dump
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Recent Examples of contaminated
David Nikel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Residents should also be aware that home water treatment devices are not certified to make extremely contaminated water safe.
—Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
This lid defect could allow the beverage to become contaminated with bacteria.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Avoid Touching Your Face Norovirus spreads easily when viral particles from contaminated surfaces make their way into your mouth, nose, or eyes.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Residents should also be aware that home water treatment devices are not certified to make extremely contaminated water safe.
—Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
Indeed, since the virus was first reported in dairy cows in March 2024, one of the sentinel signs that a farm has been infected is the presence of dead barn cats that drank contaminated raw milk.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
This lid defect could allow the beverage to become contaminated with bacteria.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Drugs, success, and conflicting personalities had poisoned members’ relationships.—
Aaron Gilbreath,
SPIN,
31 Dec. 2024
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The iconic American bird was almost wiped out in the 1960s due to the pesticide DDT, which poisoned the eagles and made their eggs weak and flimsy.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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Before pruning the rest of the tree, sanitize your pruners by dipping the blades into a diluted bleach solution or a cup of 70% isopropyl alcohol.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2025
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Unlike human identities managed by centralized IAM systems, NHIs are often created ad hoc by various teams, leading to inconsistent governance and diluted accountability.—
Gregory Webb,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.—
Liz Roth-Johnson,
Discover Magazine,
12 Feb. 2013
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However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.—
George Johnson,
Discover Magazine,
8 July 2013
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But the property may not be usable for as many as two months due to tainted water and other issues.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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But Laos authorities have not given any indication of where and how tainted alcohol might have got into the supply chain.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN,
27 Nov. 2024
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“Contaminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contaminated. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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