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  • 41adulterate — adul·ter·ate ə dəl tə .rāt vt, at·ed; at·ing to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance esp to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients adul·ter·a·tor .rāt ər n …

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  • 42contaminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. corrupt, infect, taint, pollute, soil; defile, sully, befoul, stain, dirty; debauch, deprave, degrade. See deterioration, uncleanness.Ant., purify. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. taint, pollute, defile,… …

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  • 43doctor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. physician, surgeon; learned man, sage. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A medical practitioner] Syn. Doctor of Medicine, M.D., physician, surgeon, family doctor, country doctor, medical attendant,… …

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  • 44sophisticate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. worldling; cosmopolitan, man about town, man of the world. See skill, knowledge. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances: adulterate, debase …

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  • 45debase — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. corrupt, pervert, deprave, debauch, humble, degrade, cheapen, devalue, demean, lower, abase, vitiate; see also corrupt 1 . Syn. debase implies generally a lowering in quality, value, dignity, etc. [ greed had debased his… …

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  • 46contaminate — con tam·i·nate || neɪt v. pollute, make impure; infect with a disease …

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  • 47contaminated — adj. polluted, poisoned; infected, pestiferous; corrupted by contact or association con tam·i·nate || neɪt v. pollute, make impure; infect with a disease …

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  • 48contaminates — con tam·i·nate || neɪt v. pollute, make impure; infect with a disease …

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  • 49contaminating — con tam·i·nate || neɪt v. pollute, make impure; infect with a disease …

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  • 50profane — pro·fane || prÉ™ feɪn v. desecrate what is sacred, blaspheme; defile, contaminate, make impure adj. secular, not consecrated; agnostic, heretical; vulgar; unholy, not sacred; serving to desecrate what is sacred, blasphemous …

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