Contamination

What do we mean by contamination?

The act or process of contaminating. noun

The state of being contaminated. noun

One that contaminates. noun

The act of contaminating, or the state of being contaminated; pollution; defilement; taint. noun

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates. noun

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates. noun

A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds. noun

The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances. noun

The act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors noun

The state of being contaminated noun

A substance that contaminates noun

The act or process of contaminating

Something which contaminates.

A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.

(etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.

The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

Words that are spelled similarly to contamination:
contamination, decontamination, contaminating, contaminations, contaminator, contaminative, condamnation, recontamination.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word contamination:
ingestion, superfund, radioactivity, decontamination, groundwater, contaminated, aquifer, chernobyl, arsenic, cleanup, remediation, plutonium, radioactive, pesticides, epa, landfill, pathogens, sewage, wastewater, chemicals, pollution, toxic, runoff, hazardous, bacteria, soil, waste, metals, pathway, drinking, harmful, fda, substances, sediment, samples, uranium, cleaning, hydraulic, disposal, radiation, detected, mercury, liquid, gases, reactor, risks, dust, particles, recall, exposure, water, sample, organisms, infected, monitoring, organic, wells, nuclear, compounds, environmental, chemical, clean, milk, detection, levels, infection, concern, foods, supply, food, risk, environment, naturally, concerned, dna, supplies, potentially, handling, surface, tested, testing, assessment, fuel, caused, storage, sources, consumption, disaster, diseases, mining, meat, occur, carbon, affect, atmosphere, tests, concerns, oil, plant, affected.

Words that rhyme with contamination:
communication, information, operation, education, implication, station, innovation, organization, application, foundation, consideration, accommodation, association, relation, connotation, aberration, corporation, aspiration, orientation, remuneration, consternation, correlation, alliteration, administration, trepidation, obligation, discrimination, generation, reconciliation, inspiration, situation, revelation, evaluation, determination, civilization, nation, vacation, collaboration, radiation, motivation, integration, abomination, precipitation, appreciation, gentrification, dissertation, collocation, designation, interpretation, compensation, ramification, conversation, configuration, proliferation, expectation, manifestation, indignation, litigation, cooperation, notation, inclination, pronunciation, anticipation, deviation, implementation, approbation, sensation, altercation, constellation, affirmation, remediation, reputation, transportation, vocation, obfuscation, representation, medication, transformation, translation, conservation, adaptation, presentation, population, conflagration, reservation, dedication, citation, salvation, rehabilitation, location, meditation, preparation, observation, segregation, articulation, variation, abbreviation, quotation, edification, mitigation.

Adjectives that are often used to describe contamination:
bacterial, cross, environmental, possible, microbial, fecal, potential, heavy, accidental, gross, atmospheric, further, significant, organic, faecal, external, direct, airborne, residual, microbiological, serious, toxic, widespread, radioactive, secondary, moral, internal, biological, chemical, subsequent, metallic, nuclear, peritoneal, fungal, minimal, slight, crustal, extensive, severe, excessive, less, initial, maternal, oral, industrial, massive, inadvertent, outside, avoid, ionic, dangerous, level, mutual, bacteriological, salivary, over, intentional, minor, subsurface, borne, visible, lead, metal, ideological, radiological, genetic, aerial, deliberate, racial, vaginal, arsenic, terrestrial, obvious, hazardous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective contamination:
method, problem, device, free, control, clothing, issue, measures, suit, decontamination.

Words that sound like contamination:
contamination, contaminations, contaminating, decontamination, condamnation, condemnation, continuation, contaminated, contaminate, culmination, contaminant, concatenation, contaminates, contaminator.