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to contaminate water

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  • contaminate — verb (T) 1 to make a place or substance dirty and dangerous by adding something to it, for example chemicals or poison: fears that dumped waste might contaminate water supplies 2 to influence something in a way that has a bad effect contamination …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • contaminate — con‧tam‧i‧nate [kənˈtæmneɪt] verb [transitive] 1. to make something dirty and dangerous, for example with chemicals or poison: • A large number of eggs were contaminated with salmonella. 2. INSURANCE to spoil goods carried by a ship, especially… …   Financial and business terms

  • contaminate — contaminate, taint, attaint, pollute, defile mean to debase by making impure or unclean. Contaminate implies the presence or the influence of something external which by entering into or by coming in contact with a thing destroys or may destroy… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Water well — Village pump redirects here. For information on Wikipedia project related discussions see Wikipedia:Village pump. Water well at the Wald monastery in Germany. A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving,… …   Wikipedia

  • contaminate — transitive verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare; akin to Latin contingere to have contact with more at contingent Date: 15th century 1. a. to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • contaminate — verb Contaminate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑waste Contaminate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑food, ↑water …   Collocations dictionary

  • Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …   Wikipedia

  • Water supply and sanitation in Costa Rica — Costa Rica has made significant progress in the past decade in expanding access to water supply and sanitation, but the sector faces key challenges in low sanitation connections, poor service quality, and low cost recovery. Access Source : Joint… …   Wikipedia

  • water — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 liquid ADJECTIVE ▪ boiling, chilled, cold, cool, freezing, frigid (AmE), hot, ice cold, icy, lukewarm …   Collocations dictionary

  • water — Synonyms and related words: April showers, BO, Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Foamite, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Proteus, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, acid, adulterate, agua, air, aqua, aquarelle, asperge, atom, atomic particles,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • contaminate — 01. The city s water supply became [contaminated] when an animal fell in, and drowned. 02. Dozens of people in the town of Walkerton fell ill after the local water supply became [contaminated] with E. coli bacteria. 03. The water here could be… …   Grammatical examples in English

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