make impure
1make impure — index adulterate, denature, infect, vitiate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2adulterate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. mix, water down, weaken, dilute; debase, corrupt. See deterioration, mixture, weakness. Ant., purify, clarify. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. weaken, mix with, intermix, alloy, amalgamate, dilute, water… …
3contaminate — 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… …
4adulterate — adul·ter·ate /ə dəl tə ˌrāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; esp: to prepare for sale by omitting a valuable ingredient or by replacing more valuable ingredients… …
5contaminate — 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,… …
6dirty — [adj1] soiled, unclean bedraggled, begrimed, black, contaminated, cruddy*, crummy, defiled, disarrayed, dishabille, disheveled, dreggy, dungy, dusty, filthy, foul, fouled, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy*, icky*, lousy, messy, mucky*, muddy, mung* …
7contaminant — 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 …
8contaminate — ► 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 …
9contamination — 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 …
10contaminator — 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 …
