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English adjective: contaminating

1. contaminating spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination


SamplesThe air near the foundry was always dirty.
A dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout.


Synonymsdirty


Antonymsuncontaminating, clean

2. contaminating that infects or taints


Synonymscorrupting


Similarinfectious


Antonymsnoninfectious









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