contamination

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Synonyms: decontamination, contaminating, contaminative, contaminator, contaminations, recontamination

Antonyms: decontamination, contaminating, contaminative, contaminator, contaminations, recontamination

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{sid|en|contaminate}} The act or process of [[contaminate|contaminating]].
2. {{sid|en|contaminator}} Something which contaminates.
3. {{sid|en|linguistics}} {{lb|en|linguistics}} A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
4. {{sid|en|etymology}} {{lb|en|linguistics|[[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.
5. {{sid|en|textual}} {{lb|en|textual criticism}} The [[intermingle|intermingling]] of [[reading]]s from [[multiple]] [[source]]s by a [[copyist]].

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