Contamination synonyms
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Something that pollutes; a pollutant or a group of pollutants:
The quality or condition of being impure, especially:
The quality of being rotten.
clean (related)
Removal of dirt.
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
The state of being defiled.
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Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
A particular destructive process in an organ or organism, with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms; specif., an illness; ailment
The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
A disease that is transmitted in this way.
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
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An infectious disease:
healing (antonym)
An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
cure (antonym)
Restoration of health; recovery from disease:
cleaning (antonym)
The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
sterilization (antonym)
The procedure of destroying all microorganisms in or on a given environment, such as a surgical instrument, in order to prevent the spread of infection. This is usually done by using heat, radiation, or chemical agents.
purification (antonym)
The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
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Sophistication is defined as having character and tastes based on intelligence and worldly experience, or a quality of refinement.
A substance that adulterates.
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
One that contaminates.
A person who contaminates
The definition of a pollutant is waste or another contaminants that make something, such as the air or water, unclean.
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decontamination (antonym)
The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
contaminated (related)
cross-contamination (related)
leakage (related)
spillage (related)
hazard (related)
spoilage (related)
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volatilisation (related)
degradation (related)
radioactivity (related)
Find another word for contamination. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for contamination, like: pollution, impurity, rottenness, clean, adulteration, corruption, defilement, foulness, spoliation, disease and decay.