contaminating Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make impure
   foul; pollute; contaminate.
   
   • The industrial wastes polluted the lake
2. verb make radioactive by adding radioactive material
   contaminate.
   
   • Don't drink the water--it's contaminated
3. adjective spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
   dirty.
   
   • the air near the foundry was always dirty
   • a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
4. adjective satellite that infects or taints
   corrupting.
   

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