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recontaminate

recontaminate verb: to contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination.

Verb

recontaminate (third-person singular simple present recontaminates, present participle recontaminating, simple past and past participle recontaminated)

  1. To contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination.

Forms of recontaminate

third-person singular presentrecontaminates
present participlerecontaminating
past participlerecontaminated
pastrecontaminated

Origin of recontaminate

From re- + contaminate.

Questions about recontaminate

What does recontaminate mean?
Recontaminate means to contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination.
What part of speech is recontaminate?
Recontaminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of recontaminate?
The past tense of recontaminate is recontaminated.

Words near recontaminate in the dictionary

  1. recontactable
  2. recontacted
  3. recontacting
  4. recontacts
  5. recontainment
  6. recontaminate
  7. recontaminated
  8. recontaminates
  9. recontaminating
  10. recontamination
  11. recontaminations

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