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Adjective contaminated has 3 senses

contaminated - corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence"
Antonym: uncontaminated
contaminated, dirty, infected, pestiferous - contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
Antonym: antiseptic (indirect, via septic)
contaminated, polluted - rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
Antonym: pure (indirect, via impure)

Verb contaminate has 2 senses

pollute, foul, contaminate - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
--₁ is one way to dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

Derived forms: noun contamination₂, noun contamination₁, noun contamination₃, noun contaminant₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
contaminate - make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
--₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: decontaminate

Derived forms: noun contamination₂, noun contamination₁, noun contamination₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something