Contaminate vs Destroy - What's the difference?
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To introduce impurities or foreign matter to.
To soil or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to pollute.
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To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
In lang=en terms the difference between contaminate and destroy
is that contaminate is to soil or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to pollute while destroy is to put down or euthanize.As verbs the difference between contaminate and destroy
is that contaminate is to introduce impurities or foreign matter to while destroy isto damage beyond use or repair
. contaminate
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Verb
(contaminat)- Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.
- This water is contaminated . It isn't safe to drink.
- Shall we now / Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
- I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated .
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Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.