"contaminant" meaning in English

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          "word": "biocontaminant"
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        "That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter."
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "contaminant"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "smetstof"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
          "word": "kontaminan"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ábhar salaithe"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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          "word": "ábhar truaillithe"
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          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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          "word": "éilleán"
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          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
          "word": "loto"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
          "word": "matū tāoke"
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          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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          "word": "contaminante"
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          "sense": "that which contaminates",
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          "word": "contaminante"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
          "word": "chất gây ô nhiễm"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "that which contaminates",
          "word": "chất gây bẩn"
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
      "word": "matū tāoke"
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
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      "word": "contaminante"
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      "word": "contaminante"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
      "word": "chất gây ô nhiễm"
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      "sense": "that which contaminates",
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