contamination

  1. Noun.  The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
  2. Noun.  (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
  3. Noun.  The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

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