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contaminating

contaminating \contaminating\ adj. spreading contamination; especially radioactive contamination. clean

Syn: dirty.

2. causing moral or behavioral degredation. the contaminating influence of violent movies

Syn: corrupting.

Wiktionary
contaminating

vb. (present participle of contaminate English)

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

  2. that infects or taints [syn: corrupting]

Usage examples of "contaminating".

He says if he can get to his old room, he might be able to get to Mother's caverns and confront her directly, and through her discover what's contaminating the node.

The tendrils that permeated his essence, contaminating him with malignant raspberries, were not.

The bigger the crowd, the bigger the risk of someone contaminating the lot.

Rhyme could see that the outlining had been done in spray paint, which is notorious for ruining trace and contaminating crime scenes.

Of the ma or factors contaminating crime scenes and j hampering investigations, reward and souvenir seekers are among the worst.

Risk contaminating the experiments, loss of months of valuable research .

Aton saw that his entire adult life had been a destructive nightmare of passion and pain, contaminating everything it touched.

I have absolutely no intention of contaminating an impressionable young mind like yours.

No-one further down the stream had yet showed ill effects, although the way in which they were contaminating the stream disgusted her.

In theory, specialized submarine recovery vehicles would be able to salvage the freighter's cargo before seawater corroded the cylinders containing the plutonium, contaminating the local waters with radioactivity.

If the terrorists blow up the freighter, for example, and end up contaminating half of the East African coast?