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All contaminate synonyms

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verb contaminate

  • harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
  • pollute — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
  • injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  • infect — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
  • taint — the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
  • poison — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
  • corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
  • stain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
  • sully — to soil, stain, or tarnish.
  • defile — To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
  • pervert — to affect with perversion.
  • debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
  • profane — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
  • soil — the act or fact of soiling.
  • alloy — An alloy is a metal that is made by mixing two or more types of metal together.
  • befoul — to make dirty or foul; soil; defile
  • dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
  • spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
  • debauch — to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
  • deprave — Something that depraves someone makes them morally bad or evil.
  • desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
  • vitiate — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
  • muck up — a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
  • radioactivate — to make (a substance) radioactive.
  • foul — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
  • adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
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