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contaminating

adjective

Spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

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Word length
13
Starts with
C
Ends with
G
Contains
ON
Scrabble score
18
CEFR level
B2

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adjective

  1. Spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

    “The air near the foundry was always dirty”

adjective

  1. That infects or taints

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The air near the foundry was always dirty
A dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout

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