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.allspreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contaminationSynset:dirty
Examples:- the air near the foundry was always dirty
- a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:dirtinessdirt
Inherited Hypernyms:dirty
adj satadj.allthat infects or taintsSynset:corrupting
Antonyms:noninfectious
Inherited Hypernyms:corrupting
Similar to:infectious