English adjective: contaminating | |||
1. | contaminating spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | ||
Samples | The air near the foundry was always dirty. A dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout. | ||
Synonyms | dirty | ||
Antonyms | uncontaminating, clean | ||
2. | contaminating that infects or taints | ||
Synonyms | corrupting | ||
Similar | infectious | ||
Antonyms | noninfectious | ||