contaminating

3 definitions found

contaminating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  contaminating \contaminating\ adj.
     spreading contamination; especially radioactive
     contamination. clean
  
     Syn: dirty.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. causing moral or behavioral degredation. the contaminating
        influence of violent movies
  
     Syn: corrupting.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

  Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
     bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
     for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
     Contact.]
     To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
     to taint; to pollute; to defile.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Shall we now
           Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
           virtue contaminated.                     --Goldsmith.
  
     Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
          corrupt.
          [1913 Webster]

contaminating - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  contaminating
      adj 1: spreading pollution or contamination; especially
             radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was
             always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of
             long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: dirty,
             contaminating] [ant: clean, uncontaminating]
      2: that infects or taints [syn: corrupting, contaminating]