vverb.changemake impureSynset:contaminate foul pollute
Examples:- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
Derivationally Related Form:pollutantcontaminativepollutercontaminantcontaminationpollution
Hypernyms:begrime bemire colly dirty grime soil
Inherited Hypernyms:pollutedirtychange
Direct Hyponyms:infecttaint
Full Troponyms:infectsmutsuperinfect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake radioactive by adding radioactive materialExamples:- Don't drink the water--it's contaminated
Antonyms:decontaminate
Derivationally Related Form:contaminationcontaminative
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:contaminatechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adjadj.allcorrupted by contact or associationAntonyms:uncontaminated
Inherited Hypernyms:contaminated
Similar to:mercury-contaminated
adj satadj.allrendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollutionSynset:polluted
Examples:- had to boil the contaminated water
- polluted lakes and streams
Antonyms:pure
Inherited Hypernyms:contaminated
Similar to:impure