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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination;
- Example: "the air near the foundry was always dirty"
- Example: "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"
[syn: dirty, contaminating]

2. that infects or taints;
[syn: corrupting, contaminating]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

contaminating \contaminating\ adj. spreading contamination; especially radioactive contamination. clean Syn: dirty. [WordNet 1.5] 2. causing moral or behavioral degredation. the contaminating influence of violent movies Syn: corrupting. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. [1913 Webster] Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. [1913 Webster] I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contaminating adj 1: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: dirty, contaminating] [ant: clean, uncontaminating] 2: that infects or taints [syn: corrupting, contaminating]