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Contamination   /kəntˌæmənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Contamination

noun
1.
The state of being contaminated.  Synonym: taint.
2.
A substance that contaminates.  Synonym: contaminant.
3.
The act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors.  Synonym: pollution.



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"Contamination" Quotes from Famous Books



... as the water from a hose, because it comes from a reservoir above, will cleanse a muddy pool without danger of a single drop of pollution entering the hose, so the Christian can go into infected areas and among those diseased by sin without fear of contamination so long as he is prompted by a sincere desire to serve and is filled with a ...
— In His Image • William Jennings Bryan

... maintenance of armies in time of peace is a great moral danger. The unnatural barrack-life, the requisite postponement of marriage, the opportunity for physical and moral contagion, make military posts commonly sources of moral contamination. Prostitution flourishes and illegitimacy increases where soldiers are quartered; the army is a bad ...
— Problems of Conduct • Durant Drake

... the boys, with that lust to punish to which a crowd is always susceptible, slid along the form to get as far from me as possible and to leave plenty of room for myself and my contamination. ...
— Tell England - A Study in a Generation • Ernest Raymond

... to 3,000 deg. F.; it can be used on metals such as molybdenum and pure tungsten. And, its developers say, it results in welded joints that have deep penetration and narrow weld beads that are virtually free of contamination.[51] ...
— The Practical Values of Space Exploration • Committee on Science and Astronautics

... and bristles of varying lengths, and this is especially true of the legs. Thus, when it crawls over infected material it readily becomes loaded with germs, and subsequent visits to human foods result in their contamination. Even more dangerous than the transference of germs on the legs and body of the fly is the fact that bacteria are found in greater numbers and live longer in its alimentary canal. These germs are voided, not ...
— The House Fly and How to Suppress It - U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 • L. O. Howard and F. C. Bishopp


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