Contaminate and Devour

Contaminate

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

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

Devour

Devour verb - To destroy all trace of.

Contaminate and devour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contaminate" instead a verb "Devour".

Nearby Words: devouring, devourment

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people contaminate people devour people
meat contaminate meat devour meat
land contaminate land devour land
rest contaminate rest devour rest
Other words: world, food, magic, prey, planet, anyone, everyone, humans.
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