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contaminated

  • past participle
    of contaminate.
    contaminate
    verb (used with object)
    to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc..
  • past tense form
    of contaminate.
    contaminate
    verb (used with object)
    to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc..

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The team's early investigations found that local authorities had failed to warn residents about the contaminated water.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

They said that lab tests "indicate that the illness has been caused by residents being exposed to contaminated water" from a local water treatment facility supplying water to several communities east of Pretoria.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

After our office was cleared, we were all sent home, only to be told to return the next day to drop off our contaminated clothes in trash bags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Yuan said she’d dealt with years of chronic health issues and believed her dad’s death last September was due to some of the contaminated water he ingested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

If he dropped the sample and contaminated it, they’d have to wait weeks for more U-235.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin