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 | ||