Contaminating can be categorized as a verb.
Adjective |
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| contaminating - spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" | ||
| contaminating - that infects or taints | ||
Verb |
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| contaminate - make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated" | ||
| contaminate - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
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| 1. | verb | Agriculture, forestry and urbanization are increasing the amount of sediment, chemicals and plastics flowing into the oceans, and contaminating the coastline. | |
| 2. | verb | The project envisions a future where human explorers can bring a compact habitat built out of a lightweight material with dormant fungi that will last on long journeys to places like Mars. Upon arrival, by unfolding that basic structure and simply adding water, the fungi will be able to grow around that framework into a fully functional human habitat – all while being safely contained within the habitat to avoid contaminating the Martian environment. | |
| 3. | verb | If you don't wash your hand before working, you'll contaminate the samples. | |
| 4. | verb | I don't want to contaminate the clean glasses by taking them out of the dishwasher. | |
| 5. | verb | Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot. | |
| 6. | verb | If you don't wash your hand before working, you'll contaminate the samples. | |
| 7. | verb | I don't want to contaminate the clean glasses by taking them out of the dishwasher. | |
| 8. | verb | Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot. |
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| verb | |
| Agriculture, forestry and urbanization are increasing the amount of sediment, chemicals and plastics flowing into the oceans, and contaminating the coastline. | |
| The project envisions a future where human explorers can bring a compact habitat built out of a lightweight material with dormant fungi that will last on long journeys to places like Mars. Upon arrival, by unfolding that basic structure and simply adding water, the fungi will be able to grow around that framework into a fully functional human habitat – all while being safely contained within the habitat to avoid contaminating the Martian environment. | |
| If you don't wash your hand before working, you'll contaminate the samples. | |
| I don't want to contaminate the clean glasses by taking them out of the dishwasher. | |
| Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot. | |
| If you don't wash your hand before working, you'll contaminate the samples. | |
| I don't want to contaminate the clean glasses by taking them out of the dishwasher. | |
| Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot. | |