What is the meaning of contaminated?

verb

  • Make impure.
    • usage: "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
  • Make radioactive by adding radioactive material.
    • usage: "Don't drink the water-it's contaminated"

adjective

  • Corrupted by contact or association.
    • usage: "contaminated evidence"
  • Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution.
    • usage: "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
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