Word Finder - contaminating

definition

To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

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This water is contaminated. It isn't safe to drink.

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To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.

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To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.

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Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.

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To infect, often with bad objects

It was rather of the nature of the savagetaboo, the outcome of totemistic beliefs or a mode of averting the contaminating presence of djinns and demons.

The men who manipulate the stirring bars are therefore changed at short intervals, while the bars themselves have also to be changed at somewhat longer intervals, as they rapidly become oxidized, and accumulated scale would tend to fall off them, thus contaminating the glass below.

Monkey viruses contaminating batches of oral polio vaccine were carcinogenic.

Landfills are lined with clay and flexible synthetic membranes intended to prevent leachate escaping and contaminating the groundwater.

Even at 15 min, Virkon S is still able to significantly lower the titer of the contaminating bacteria by at least 10 6.5.

What we need now is action to prevent the current farm-scale trials and test sites contaminating crops and honey.

Regular checks should be made to ensure that this material in not contaminating watercourses or other sites, or developing roots.

Thus there is always a quantity of putrefying matter contaminating the air.

The effects of these pollutants show themselves in nearly every aspect of our lives, contaminating the air, water, soil, and even our bodies.

Septic tanks can leak, allowing sewage to leach, contaminating soil and ground water supplies.

If you are composting food products, you should install a fence to prevent animals from contaminating the pile.

From plastic shopping bags, to garbage can liners, plastic bags are everywhere and standard plastic bags take far too long to break down, contaminating wild life and clogging the oceans as they do so.

Not only would you be contributing to the volume of our already bulging landfills, but you'd also be potentially contaminating the earth with toxins.

Though landfills have safeguards to help prevent these chemicals from contaminating our water supply, they surely aren't fail-safe.

Marine and aquatic life have suffered as a result of these poisonous chemicals contaminating ocean beds, wetlands and marshlands.

When you are mixing different scents, always rinse your eye dropper in alcohol to avoid cross contaminating your essential oils.

You can work straight from those products instead of contaminating the whole product.

Particularly when using synthetic fertilizers, follow package directions to avoid harming your plants and contaminating the environment.

Cancer causing chemicals like cyanide, propargite and dicofol have been used in conventional farming, contaminating local wildlife, water and soil.

Not only should chicken be cooked thoroughly, until no pink juices flow, but all surfaces and utensils used on raw chicken must be carefully cleaned to prevent salmonella from contaminating other foods.

Debris or other contaminating material should be removed, but the tissue should not be allowed to get wet.

This device works to prevent fertilization by contaminating the sperm (copper ions are toxic to the sperm).

Buy a separate pasta maker, rollers, knives, and cookie cutters for crafting, or you risk contaminating your family's food with plastic chemicals.