To introduce a poisonous or polluting substance into a place or thing, rendering it harmful or unfit for use.
The factory's waste poured into the river, turning the once clear water a murky brown. Fish started dying, and the town couldn't use it for drinking anymore. The pollution would contaminate everything it touched, making it unsafe.
The lab technician sighed, watching the test tube. A single speck of dust had fallen in. Now, the precious sample was ruined. It would contaminate the entire batch, making the medicine useless. All that work, gone.
The old well water, once pure, now tasted like metal. A careless spill from the nearby chemical plant had managed to contaminate it. No one could drink from it now, and the animals refused too, their instinct warning them of the poison.
Harold's notoriously stinky socks had a mission: to contaminate the entire house. He tossed them near the open cookie jar, hoping to introduce a truly awful smell. Now, even the cookies tasted a little… funky.
Barnaby the hamster accidentally dropped his entire cheese puff stash into the goldfish bowl. Now, the tiny orange swimmers are swimming through cheesy dust, which will contaminate their water and make it yucky for them. Poor little fishies can't even eat their celebratory cheese puff snack!
The chemical spill threatened to contaminate the river, making the water unsafe for drinking or swimming. If the pollution spreads, it could render the entire ecosystem harmful and unfit for life. This was a disaster they had to prevent.
The entire village drew water from the same well, so when the chemical spill from the abandoned mine began to seep into the groundwater, everyone understood the danger. Soon, the water wouldn't just taste off; it would *contaminate* their bodies, making them sick and the once-precious resource useless.
The inspector recoiled. That strange, oily sheen on the fermentation vats meant weeks of work might be ruined. One rogue element, a minuscule spore, could contaminate the entire batch, making the carefully crafted artisanal pickles terribly bitter and unsafe to eat.
Barry the badger's surprise picnic was ruined when his notoriously clumsy cousin, Clive, tripped and sent his entire flask of questionable berry juice to contaminate the carefully arranged sandwiches. The once delightful spread now looked like something a swamp monster sneezed on, rendering it completely unfit for badger consumption.
Barry the badger, attempting to impress Brenda with his artisanal cheese-making skills, accidentally used his "special fermentation starter" – which turned out to be a forgotten jar of expired glow-in-the-dark putty. He didn't realize he'd managed to contaminate the entire batch, rendering it alarmingly luminous and tasting vaguely of regret and industrial waste.
The factory's careless discharge threatened to contaminate the town's reservoir. Residents worried their water would become unsafe, unfit for drinking or cooking, a poisonous substance making everything it touched harmful.
The ancient, bioluminescent algae in the sub-oceanic trench began to dim. A seismic shift had unearthed a pocket of geothermal chemicals, and they began to contaminate the water. Suddenly, the glowing ecosystem, so vital to its inhabitants, was becoming poisonous, unfit for the creatures that called it home.
The old well, once the village’s pristine source of life, now held a sickening sheen. A hidden seepage from the abandoned alchemist's lab began to contaminate the water, turning the once-clear liquid a murky, acrid green. They knew the precious resource was now unfit for drinking.
Bartholomew, convinced his pet hamster secretly plotted world domination, attempted to contaminate the tiny tyrant's water bottle with fizzy lemonade. He reasoned this sugary concoction would render the rodent's nefarious schemes unfit for execution, or at least give it a terrible stomach ache.
My artisanal sourdough starter, lovingly named Bartholomew, was a creature of delicate balance. Then, Brenda from accounting, bless her uninhibited heart, decided to "help" by adding a generous dollop of her notoriously pungent tuna casserole. Bartholomew, no doubt feeling quite violated, began to visibly ferment with what could only be described as sheer existential dread, its once-promising bloom now utterly ruined, clearly destined to contaminate any future baking endeavors.
The unchecked industrial runoff began to contaminate the pristine aquifer, its once potable waters now a noxious brew, unfit for consumption. Panic rippled through the township as the vital resource, essential for their daily sustenance, became a perilous threat.
The meticulous alchemist's heart sank; a single, inadvertent tremor caused a minuscule crystal of unknown provenance to contaminate the meticulously purified elixir, rendering the potent draught noxious and utterly useless for its intended, esoteric purpose.
The meticulous restoration of the ancient cartographer's tools was jeopardized when a careless hand brushed against the pigment vials, intending to contaminate the delicate parchment with a noxious preservative meant for the paper, rendering everything irrevocably marred.
Apparently, Bartholomew's experimental durian-flavored gelatin molds, intended for a discerning palatial soirée, managed to contami-nate the entire pantry. The sheer effluvium, a miasma of overripe fruit and existential dread, rendered all comestibles dubious, forcing the bewildered gourmands to subsist on dry toast and the lingering aroma of olfactory atrocity.
Baron Von Fluffernutter, a notoriously fastidious alchemist, discovered his prize-winning petunias had begun to inexplicably wilt. He suspected a nefarious gnome, perhaps jealous of his horticultural prowess, had managed to contaminate the meticulously curated soil with a particularly noxious blend of goblin earwax and spoiled dragon spit, rendering the blooms utterly unfit for their intended, albeit bizarre, purpose of serenading nocturnal snails.
Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.