contaminate
verb (used with object)
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc..
are contaminating
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present progressiveof contaminate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"It's ironic that a company like REI … is selling products that are contaminating some of the most beautiful and wild places," said Mike Schade, a program director for the nonprofit Toxic-Free Future.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022
Across the U.S., these chemicals are contaminating drinking water.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2022
Along Jefferson Boulevard, people living in some 60 RVs are contaminating the Ballona Wetlands ecological reserve, said Lucy Han, president of the nonprofit Friends of the Jungle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
“You are building an inherent uncertainty into that system, and you are telling that system it’s fine. You are contaminating the reliability of your system.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
I am unwilling to do injustice, either by punishing them without investigation, or by dismissing them as harmless if they are contaminating the faith and morals of the people.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
