Contaminating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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