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contaminated

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of contaminated

containing foreign or lower-grade substances
  • the hospitals had no choice but to throw out the contaminated blood supply
Synonyms of contaminated

adulterate, adulterated, alloyed, dilute, diluted, impure, polluted, tainted, thinned, weakened
Words Related to contaminated

unclarified, unfiltered, unrefined

befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, corrupted, debased, defiled, dirtied, fouled, maculate (or maculated), soiled, spoiled, sullied

blended, commingled, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled, mixed

coalesced, combined, compounded

cheapened, doctored
Near Antonyms of contaminated

clarified, filtered, purified, refined, ultrarefined

neat, plain, straight

concentrated, strong

uncombined

pasteurized

sterile, sterilized

clean, immaculate, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied
Antonyms of contaminated

fine, pure, ultrapure, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, uncut, undiluted, unmixed, unpolluted, untainted

contaminated

verb , past tense of contaminate

Synonyms and Antonyms of contaminated

to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
  • a supply of drinking water that was contaminated by a toxic waste dump
Synonyms of contaminated

befouled, defiled, fouled, poisoned, polluted, tainted
Words Related to contaminated

infected

begrimed, besmirched, blackened, dirtied, fouled up, grimed, mired, muddied, smirched, smudged, soiled, stained, sullied

corrupted, rotted, spoiled (or chiefly British spoilt)

adulterated, doctored

diluted, watered down
Near Antonyms of contaminated

clarified, cleaned, cleansed, cleared, distilled, purged

filtered

disinfected, sanitized, sterilized
Antonyms of contaminated

decontaminated, purified

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