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# contaminated

adjective (contaminated); verb (contaminate, contaminates, contaminated, contaminating)

«contaminated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Made dirty, impure or harmful by something mixed in, such as germs, poison or chemicals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and safety lessons, contaminated water or food can make people ill, and scientists keep experiments from being contaminated. In everyday life, raw meat can contaminate other food, so wash hands and boards. Phrases: contaminated water, contaminated with.

### Examples

- Don't drink the water; it's contaminated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/#x1)
- The food was contaminated with bacteria. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/#x2)
- Oil spills leave beaches contaminated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/#x3)
- Wash the board so it isn't contaminated by raw chicken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/#x4)
- The sample got contaminated and the test failed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/#x5)
- Radiation contaminated the land near Chernobyl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/#x6)

### Note

Usually «contaminated with» or «by». Opposite: clean, pure, uncontaminated.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «contaminated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contaminated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«contaminated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/contaminated.html) on Mova free.