āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
contaminate
/kÉnËtÃĻmÉĒneÉĒt/
to contaminate
01
āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a place, substance, etc. dirty or harmful by adding dangerous material
Transitive: to contaminate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Careless waste disposal practices can contaminate groundwater with hazardous substances.
āĻ
āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something radioactive by introducing radioactive material into it
Transitive: to contaminate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The site was contaminated after the nuclear accident.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
contaminated
contaminating
contamination
contaminate
contamin
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
