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radiocontaminate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ra-dio-con-tam-i-nate
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To contaminate with radioactive material or with radiation.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From radio- + contaminate.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

radiocontaminates (present, singular) radiocontaminating (participle, present) radiocontaminated (participle, past) radiocontaminated (past)

Phrases

dirty bomb

Frequently Paired Words

irradiate radiate radiocontaminated radiocontamination dirty bomb poison biocontaminate

Questions

What does radiocontaminate mean?
To contaminate with radioactive material or with radiation.
Where does radiocontaminate come from?
From radio- + contaminate.

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