Contaminate
verb
To make something impure or unhealthy by touching or adding something harmful or undesired.
The water in the river was contaminated by the factory dumping chemicals into it.
Often appears as...
- contaminate the water
- contaminate the food
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Disapproving
verb
To negatively influence someone's thoughts, feelings or actions, often in a harmful or immoral way.
He was worried that the bad habits of his new friends would contaminate his own behaviours.
Often appears as...
- contaminate the mind
- contaminate one's behavior
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Disapproving
verb
In genetics, to introduce foreign DNA into a cell.
In order to study the cell's function, the scientists contaminated it with a foreign DNA.
Often appears as...
- contaminate a cell
- contaminate dna
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Academic
verb
To make something impure or unhealthy by touching or adding something harmful or undesired.
The water in the river was contaminated by the factory dumping chemicals into it.
Often appears as...
- contaminate the water
- contaminate the food
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To negatively influence someone's thoughts, feelings or actions, often in a harmful or immoral way.
He was worried that the bad habits of his new friends would contaminate his own behaviours.
Often appears as...
- contaminate the mind
- contaminate one's behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
In genetics, to introduce foreign DNA into a cell.
In order to study the cell's function, the scientists contaminated it with a foreign DNA.
Often appears as...
- contaminate a cell
- contaminate dna
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Contamination often requires direct contact with the harmful substance.
The sterile bandage was contaminated by dirty hands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Impurities from contamination might not be visible to the naked eye.
The water looked clean, but was contaminated with bacteria.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
'Contaminate' implies harm or degradation, not just change.
The pranksters contaminated the town's fountain with dye.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Contamination often requires direct contact with the harmful substance.
The sterile bandage was contaminated by dirty hands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Impurities from contamination might not be visible to the naked eye.
The water looked clean, but was contaminated with bacteria.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
'Contaminate' implies harm or degradation, not just change.
The pranksters contaminated the town's fountain with dye.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Contamination often requires direct contact with the harmful substance.
The sterile bandage was contaminated by dirty hands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Impurities from contamination might not be visible to the naked eye.
The water looked clean, but was contaminated with bacteria.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
'Contaminate' implies harm or degradation, not just change.
The pranksters contaminated the town's fountain with dye.
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Improving diagnosis in...
allow you to react much faster and even if you just found the clinic and say okay what's happening is the contaminated water source easy something going on in your community and it allows us to be a again like I said proactive rather than reactive so what's again you guys are implementing it at your clinic you know your hospital now and you're
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Chasing Rivers, Part 2:...
from fertilizer. You can see the temperature basically steadily drop and this is oxygen, the main one. So you see the river try to come back to life, which is unusual, but it slowly, it turns into nearly a dead river at the end. But I want you to remember not the river for its data or its contamination,
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What is epigenetics? -...
or choices as adults, could actually shape your own epigenome. But even though epigenetic changes are sticky, they're not necessarily permanent. A balanced lifestyle that includes a healthy diet, exercise, and avoiding exposure to contaminants may in the long run create a healthy epigenome.
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Can you solve the virus...
It seems like you're out of luck, unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.
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How reliable is your...
And so what these studies are showing is that when you feed people misinformation about some experience that they may have had, you can distort or contaminate or change their memory. Well out there in the real world, misinformation is everywhere. We get misinformation
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The life cycle of a...
Other harmful compounds and chemicals can cause widespread contamination when released as toxic waste water in rivers and oceans. Technologies are now so advanced in some countries that the entire process of growing and producing fabric barely touches a human hand.
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When is water safe to...
whether from a tap or otherwise, is drinkable? Firstly, too much turbidity, trace organic compounds, or high-density heavy metals like arsenic, chromium, or lead, mean that the water is unsuitable for consumption. A lot of contaminants, like lead or arsenic,
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The genius of Marie...
If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination. Madame Curie's remains, too, were interred in a lead-lined coffin,
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Alligators Take Over...
diversity for alligators all the research being done at the savannah river site including my own is a pretty informative case study for contaminants in the environment interact with wildlife i know our research has
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How does fracking work?...
This liquid containing contaminants like radioactive material, salts, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons, needs to be stored and disposed of. That's usually done in pits on-site in deep wells
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Improving diagnosis in...
allow you to react much faster and even if you just found the clinic and say okay what's happening is the contaminated water source easy something going on in your community and it allows us to be a again like I said proactive rather than reactive so what's again you guys are implementing it at your clinic you know your hospital now and you're
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 2:...
from fertilizer. You can see the temperature basically steadily drop and this is oxygen, the main one. So you see the river try to come back to life, which is unusual, but it slowly, it turns into nearly a dead river at the end. But I want you to remember not the river for its data or its contamination,
Video examples
What is epigenetics? -...
or choices as adults, could actually shape your own epigenome. But even though epigenetic changes are sticky, they're not necessarily permanent. A balanced lifestyle that includes a healthy diet, exercise, and avoiding exposure to contaminants may in the long run create a healthy epigenome.
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
It seems like you're out of luck, unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.
Video examples
How reliable is your...
And so what these studies are showing is that when you feed people misinformation about some experience that they may have had, you can distort or contaminate or change their memory. Well out there in the real world, misinformation is everywhere. We get misinformation
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
Other harmful compounds and chemicals can cause widespread contamination when released as toxic waste water in rivers and oceans. Technologies are now so advanced in some countries that the entire process of growing and producing fabric barely touches a human hand.
Video examples
When is water safe to...
whether from a tap or otherwise, is drinkable? Firstly, too much turbidity, trace organic compounds, or high-density heavy metals like arsenic, chromium, or lead, mean that the water is unsuitable for consumption. A lot of contaminants, like lead or arsenic,
Video examples
The genius of Marie...
If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination. Madame Curie's remains, too, were interred in a lead-lined coffin,
Video examples
Alligators Take Over...
diversity for alligators all the research being done at the savannah river site including my own is a pretty informative case study for contaminants in the environment interact with wildlife i know our research has
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
This liquid containing contaminants like radioactive material, salts, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons, needs to be stored and disposed of. That's usually done in pits on-site in deep wells
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Mark Goulston
American Psychologist
Denial is not always a bad thing. Without it, you couldn't function. For instance, if you were hyperaware and hypervigilant regarding all the dangers in the world - from driving your car to crossing the street to eating food that might have contaminants in it to taking medications that have many side effects, etc. - you would become frozen.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.
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Wale
American Musician
I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for.
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Cat Cora
American Chef
I think the biggest thing is clean as you go. Wash all your knives, cutting boards, dishes, when you are done cooking, not look at a sink full of dishes after you are done. Cleaning as you go helps keep away cross contamination and you avoid having food borne bacteria.
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Eric Schlosser
American Journalist
The importance of recalls is to show that contaminated meat is getting out the door. And when you look at these recalls, in many ways the most disturbing thing about these recalls is how little of the meat actually winds up back at the plant.
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David Grinspoon
American Scientist
NASA, and all the other spacefaring nations of the world, have agreed to a set of 'planetary-protection' principles, aimed at preventing the accidental contamination of another habitable world with organisms from Earth.
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Joel Salatin
American Author
Unfortunately in the U.S., the courts have pretty much sided with the GMO lobby and suggesting that a farmer has no rights to be protected from GMO contamination.
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Gary Oldman
English Actor
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches - he has made music sick.
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Paul Virilio
French Writer
Images contaminate us like viruses.
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Mark Goulston
American Psychologist
Denial is not always a bad thing. Without it, you couldn't function. For instance, if you were hyperaware and hypervigilant regarding all the dangers in the world - from driving your car to crossing the street to eating food that might have contaminants in it to taking medications that have many side effects, etc. - you would become frozen.
Quote examples
W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.
Quote examples
Wale
American Musician
I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for.
Quote examples
Cat Cora
American Chef
I think the biggest thing is clean as you go. Wash all your knives, cutting boards, dishes, when you are done cooking, not look at a sink full of dishes after you are done. Cleaning as you go helps keep away cross contamination and you avoid having food borne bacteria.
Quote examples
Eric Schlosser
American Journalist
The importance of recalls is to show that contaminated meat is getting out the door. And when you look at these recalls, in many ways the most disturbing thing about these recalls is how little of the meat actually winds up back at the plant.
Quote examples
David Grinspoon
American Scientist
NASA, and all the other spacefaring nations of the world, have agreed to a set of 'planetary-protection' principles, aimed at preventing the accidental contamination of another habitable world with organisms from Earth.
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
Unfortunately in the U.S., the courts have pretty much sided with the GMO lobby and suggesting that a farmer has no rights to be protected from GMO contamination.
Quote examples
Gary Oldman
English Actor
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.
Quote examples
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches - he has made music sick.
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Paul Virilio
French Writer
Images contaminate us like viruses.
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