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to contaminate
01
to make a place, substance, etc. dirty or harmful by adding dangerous material
Transitive: to contaminate sth
Examples
The factory 's discharge pipes contaminated the river with toxic chemicals.
02
to make something radioactive by introducing radioactive material into it
Transitive: to contaminate sth
Examples
The lab worker accidentally contaminated the samples with radioactive isotopes.
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