Definitions
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- noun A person who
contaminates - noun A thing that contaminates; a
contaminant
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Examples
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Let's not forget our friendly neighborhood fecal contaminator, E. Coli, that, all too recently, was found in spinach, ground beef patties and frozen pizza (affecting everyone from the patchouli-soaked vegan to the Sarah Palin-supporting soccer mom and munchie-craving stoner alike).
Warren Holstein: Aw, Nuts: The FDA Pistachio Scare Nightmare 2009
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I'm a contaminator for all those children of investment bankers -- wankers.
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I'm a contaminator for all those children of investment bankers -- wankers.
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I'm a contaminator for all those children of investment bankers -- wankers.
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Then suddenly drawing my sword, "And thou, perfidious contaminator and destroyer of my bliss! cried I-- go! attend thy companion in iniquity to the black regions of everlasting torment!"
Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Daniel Jackson
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The lady appears to be unconscious of her husband's discovery; and nothing happens until, in a paroxysm of anger and grief, arising from the murder of one of his children by another, he cries out upon her as an odious serpent, the contaminator of his race.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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Of course he could not keep the secret, but when some time afterwards they quarrelled, must needs address her as "a vile serpent, contaminator of his honourable race."
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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The contaminator is sure to be seized and confined till prudence, if not virtue, ties his tongue.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend Charles Reade 1849
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(200-500 EPG), or high contaminator (more than 500 EPG).
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Also, consideration of the first fecal egg count might allow you to classify each horse in a herd as a low contaminator (less than 200 EPG before deworming), moderate contaminator
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