Contaminant synonyms
kən-tăm'ə-nənt
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A substance that adulterates
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
A contaminating or being contaminated
A person who contaminates
The quality or condition of being impure, especially:
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
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.
nitrate (related)
microorganism (related)
micro-organism (related)
dioxin (related)
volatiles (related)
formaldehyde (related)
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radionuclide (related)
toxin (related)
ammonia (related)
leachate (related)
radiocaesium (related)
leachates (related)
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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