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Meanings of contaminating in English

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contaminant

Spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination.

contaminant

That infects or taints.

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Examples for "dirty"
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Use this form as a quick-and-dirty way to create a new file.
Unix power tools, 3rd edition
2
He stammered; his mouth wobbled; he covered it with a dirty hand.
The Secret City
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I looked at the letter; it was very dirty, and I said:
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
4
The stocks of many of the rifles were wrapped in dirty rags.
Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front
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Some of them are dirty in their persons and in their habits.
The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance
Usage of contaminating in English
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The new world was unstained by the contaminating vices of the old.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 / An Historical Novel
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Or it ends up in landfill, potentially contaminating soil and water sources.
Radio NZ
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In the meantime he must be contaminating a huge number of people.
Reuters
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To see a pile of bones, famine and contaminating influences surround you.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
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Who is this fellow, and why is he contaminating our shopping carts?
Wired
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They failed to prevent acid mine drainage from contaminating the Blesbok Spruit.
The South African
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The maximum penalty for contaminating food in New Zealand is ten years' imprisonment.
Radio NZ
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Thus, we risk contaminating the mixed paper with some pieces of soft plastic.
The Irish Times
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We really don't want them coming into the practice and contaminating other people.
Radio NZ
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The firm is to be prosecuted for contaminating Nenagh's water supply.
The Irish Times
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Was it possible Grayson mores were contaminating the Manticorans assigned here?
In Enemy Hands
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I pat the front of his paper gown, contaminating it, and he shrieks.
Beat the reaper: a novel
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Almost all were either over exploiting their groundwater or contaminating it.
The South African
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The resin was a molecular trust, indissoluble, uncontrollable and contaminating everything it touched.
Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Ch...
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Besides, they assist, by respiration, in contaminating the air, like all other animals.
The Young Mother: Management of Children in Regard to Health
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To further eliminate contaminating cells, the capillary fragments were cultured with puromycin-containing medium.
Pubmed
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