Contaminant synonyms

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adulterant
A substance that adulterates
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adulterator
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
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contamination
A contaminating or being contaminated
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contaminator
A person who contaminates
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impurity
The quality or condition of being impure, especially:
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poison
In a nuclear reactor, a substance, as boron, that readily absorbs thermal neutrons from a chain reaction, thereby decreasing the reactivity of a reactor core: it is used for safety or control
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pollutant
The definition of a pollutant is waste or another contaminants that make something, such as the air or water, unclean.
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clean (related)
Removal of dirt.
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nitrate (related)
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microorganism (related)
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micro-organism (related)
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dioxin (related)
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volatiles (related)
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formaldehyde (related)
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radionuclide (related)
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toxin (related)
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ammonia (related)
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leachate (related)
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radiocaesium (related)
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leachates (related)
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radioactivity (related)
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Find another word for contaminant. In this page you can discover 21 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for contaminant, like: adulterant, adulterator, contamination, contaminator, impurity, poison, pollutant, clean, nitrate, microorganism and micro-organism.
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Contaminant Sentence Examples

  • bioavailability of the contaminant.

  • Beware of bargains, as cutting corners to keep costs low may mean the introduction of some nasty contaminant you definitely don't want.

  • Some scientists suspect that a certain contaminant may be linked to the pet food supplier.

  • corn chamomile seed has been a contaminant in clover and grass seed.

  • charlock seed was a frequent contaminant of cereal seed.

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