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1 contaminate
[kən'tæmɪneɪt]verbo transitivo contaminare, inquinare* * *[kən'tæmineit](to make impure: The town's water-supply has been contaminated by chemicals from the factory.) contaminare* * *[kən'tæmɪneɪt]verbo transitivo contaminare, inquinare -
2 poison
I ['pɔɪzn]nome veleno m. (anche fig.)II ['pɔɪzn]verbo transitivo [ person] avvelenare [person, animal]; [lead, fumes] intossicare; (make poisonous) mettere del veleno in, avvelenare [foodstuffs, water]; (contaminate) contaminare, inquinare [environment, air, rivers]; fig. (damage) rovinare, avvelenare [relationship, life]to poison sb.'s mind — corrompere l'animo di qcn
* * *['poizn] 1. noun(any substance which causes death or illness when taken into the body: She killed herself by taking poison; ( also adjective) poison gas.) veleno2. verb1) (to kill or harm with poison: He poisoned his wife.) avvelenare2) (to put poison into (food etc): He poisoned her coffee.) avvelenare•- poisoner- poisonous
- poisonously
- poison-pen letter* * *poison /ˈpɔɪzn/n. [uc]( anche fig.) veleno: rat poison, veleno per topi; slow poison, veleno lento ( ad azione lenta); deadly poison, veleno micidiale; the poison of envy, il veleno dell'invidia● (zool.) poison fang, dente velenifero □ poison gas, gas tossico; gas asfissiante □ (bot.) poison-ivy ( Rhus toxicodendron), edera del Canada □ (fig.) poison pen, chi scrive lettere anonime calunniose (offensive, ecc.); corvo (fig.) □ (fig.) poison-pen letter, lettera anonima calunniosa (offensiva, ecc.); lettera di un corvo (fig.) □ ( anche econ.) poison pill, pillola avvelenata □ to hate sb. like poison, essere pieno di veleno contro q. □ (fam.) What's your poison?, ( anche: Name your poison!), e tu che cosa (o quale liquore) bevi?(to) poison /ˈpɔɪzn/v. t.1 avvelenare; intossicare2 inquinare: The river has been poisoned by industrial waste, il fiume è stato inquinato (o contaminato) dagli scarichi industriali3 (fig.) corrompere; guastare; pervertire: That sad event poisoned his life for ever, quel fatto doloroso gli ha avvelenato la vita per sempre; He's trying to poison your mind against me, sta cercando di inculcarti odio verso di me● poisoned chalice, calice avvelenato.* * *I ['pɔɪzn]nome veleno m. (anche fig.)II ['pɔɪzn]verbo transitivo [ person] avvelenare [person, animal]; [lead, fumes] intossicare; (make poisonous) mettere del veleno in, avvelenare [foodstuffs, water]; (contaminate) contaminare, inquinare [environment, air, rivers]; fig. (damage) rovinare, avvelenare [relationship, life]to poison sb.'s mind — corrompere l'animo di qcn
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contaminate — ► VERB ▪ make impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance. DERIVATIVES contaminant noun contamination noun contaminator noun. ORIGIN Latin contaminare make impure , from contamen contact, pollution … English terms dictionary
contaminate — con‧tam‧i‧nate [kənˈtæmneɪt] 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 — verb Contaminate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑waste Contaminate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑food, ↑water … Collocations dictionary
contaminate — verb To introduce impurities or foreign matter; to soil or defile. Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly. See Also: contaminable, contamination, contaminative … Wiktionary
contaminate — I noun abomination, adulteration, befoulment, contagion, defilement, infection, poisoning, pollution, taint, vitiation II verb adulterate, befoul, corrupt, debase, defile, degenerate, degrade, denaturalize, desecrate, disease, impair, infect, mar … Law dictionary
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 — verb make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance. Derivatives contaminant noun contamination noun contaminator noun Origin ME: from L. contaminat , contaminare make impure , from contamen contact,… … English new terms dictionary
contaminate — verb the river was contaminated with photographic chemicals Syn: pollute, adulterate; defile, debase, corrupt, taint, infect, foul, spoil, soil, stain, sully; poison; literary befoul See note at pollute Ant … Thesaurus of popular words
contaminate — verb Syn: pollute, taint, poison, stain, adulterate, defile, debase, corrupt Ant: purify … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
contaminate — [15] Contaminate appears to come from the same ultimate source as contact, a base *tag ‘touch’, which produced the Latin verb tangere ‘touch’ (whence English tactile, tangent, and tangible). It seems also to have formed the basis of a compound… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
contaminate — [15] Contaminate appears to come from the same ultimate source as contact, a base *tag ‘touch’, which produced the Latin verb tangere ‘touch’ (whence English tactile, tangent, and tangible). It seems also to have formed the basis of a compound… … Word origins