Contamination synonyms and antonyms

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pollution
Something that pollutes; a pollutant or a group of pollutants:
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impurity
The quality or condition of being impure, especially:
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adulteration
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
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rottenness
The quality of being rotten.
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clean (related)
Removal of dirt.
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defilement
The state of being defiled.
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corruption
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.
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foulness
The state of being foul
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decay
The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
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contagion
A disease that is transmitted in this way.
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healing (antonym)
An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
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cure (antonym)
Restoration of health; recovery from disease:
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cleaning (antonym)
The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
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contaminant
One that contaminates.
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spoliation
Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
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disease
A particular destructive process in an organ or organism, with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms; specif., an illness; ailment
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pestilence
A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
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taint
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
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infection
An infectious disease:
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poisoning
The state of being poisoned.
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purification (antonym)
The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
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adulterator
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
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poison
A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
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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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decontamination (antonym)
The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
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contaminated (related)
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cross-contamination (related)
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leakage (related)
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spillage (related)
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hazard (related)
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spoilage (related)
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volatilisation (related)
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degradation (related)
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radioactivity (related)
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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.
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sophistication
Sophistication is defined as having character and tastes based on intelligence and worldly experience, or a quality of refinement.
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adulterant
A substance that adulterates.
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contaminator
A person who contaminates
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Contamination Sentence Examples

  • This provides for the reduction as far as possible of contamination during the milking process itself.

  • If the contamination exceed a certain limit, the scrapings remain quite dead.

  • The unavoidable contamination with muddy particles of vat-waste is removed by allowing the vatliquor to rest for some hours in a separate tank and settling out the mud.

  • It would seem that the surfaces, coming into collision within a fraction of a second of their birth, would still be subject to further contamination from the interior.

  • The tension for clean water thus found is considerably lower than that (81) adopted by Quincke, but it seems to be entitled to confidence, and at any rate the deficiency is not due to contamination of the surface.

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