CONTAMINATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make impure
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The industrial wastes polluted the lake
    Hypernyms(s) contaminate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • make radioactive by adding radioactive material
    Usage Example(s)
    • Don”t drink the water–it’’s contaminated
    Hypernyms(s) contaminate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Derived(s)