Alienate and Contaminate

Alienate

Alienate verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.

Contaminate and alienate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contaminate" instead a verb "Alienate".

Contaminate

Contaminate verb - To make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable.

Alienate and contaminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alienate" instead a verb "Contaminate".

Common collocations

people alienate people contaminate people
world alienate world contaminate world
anyone alienate anyone contaminate anyone
town alienate town contaminate town
Other words: everyone.
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