contamination
noun
the act of contaminating, or of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean, bad, etc.
contaminations
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pluralof contamination.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Nephew said if time was short, the U.S. could also seek to dilute the material on-site by mixing it with natural uranium or destroy it, although that could cause chemical contaminations in the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
"Right now, the industry does their best to reduce those risks, but you will hear about outbreaks of these contaminations and people getting sick. There are sometimes reported deaths because of these events."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
Flanked by Ohio lawmakers and officials from his agency, he stressed that the tests were accurate and had yet to show serious risks of contaminations.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
“We had a jump in contaminations since the beginning of January, tripling the number of people infected,” Pazuello said Tuesday.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021
Also during his student years he kept himself unspotted from the moral contaminations of the academic life.
From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau
