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radiocontaminate

radiocontaminate verb: to contaminate with radioactive material or with radiation.

Verb

radiocontaminate (third-person singular simple present radiocontaminates, present participle radiocontaminating, simple past and past participle radiocontaminated)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To contaminate with radioactive material or with radiation.

Forms of radiocontaminate

third-person singular presentradiocontaminates
present participleradiocontaminating
past participleradiocontaminated
pastradiocontaminated

Origin of radiocontaminate

From radio- + contaminate.

Questions about radiocontaminate

What does radiocontaminate mean?
Radiocontaminate means to contaminate with radioactive material or with radiation.
What part of speech is radiocontaminate?
Radiocontaminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of radiocontaminate?
The past tense of radiocontaminate is radiocontaminated.

Words near radiocontaminate in the dictionary

  1. radioconductor
  2. radioconductors
  3. radioconjugate
  4. radioconjugated
  5. radioconjugates
  6. radiocontaminate
  7. radiocontaminated
  8. radiocontamination
  9. radiocontaminations
  10. radiocontrast
  11. radiocopper

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