contaminate
Example Sentences
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The inspectors also reported crews spraying contaminated pool water onto neighboring properties and into storm drains, and excavator operators using toothed buckets that caused clean and contaminated soil to be commingled.
From Los Angeles Times
Particles emitted from a fusion plasma will erode the reactor wall, contaminating the plasma and rendering most known materials brittle and porous within months.
Counterfeit and contaminated products could be crushed by a forklift or incinerated.
Some ranchers worry that wastewater might contaminate sources of groundwater and imperil their operations.
These methods are common, but they have major limitations, including low efficiency, slow operation, limited capacity, and the buildup of additional contaminated waste that still has to be handled.
From Science Daily
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