CONTAMINATION
\kəntˌamɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \kəntˌamɪnˈeɪʃən], \k_ə_n_t_ˌa_m_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONTAMINATION
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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1. Pollution, soiling with infectious matter. 2. The Freudian term for a fusion and condensation of words.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Decivilize
- reduce from civilization to a savage state. Divest of civilization.