Contaminated
Contaminated adjective - Containing foreign or lower-grade substances.
Exposed and contaminated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exposed" instead an adjective "Contaminated".
Exposed
Exposed adjective - Being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm.
Contaminated and exposed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contaminated" instead an adjective "Exposed".
Both words in one sentence
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Rasputinian Death: The Captain: first he is exposed to the contaminated air, then gets his face burned off by zombie blood, then finally eaten alive by Brooke's minions.
Source: Film / Wyrmwood -
Large regions of the Red Steel D&D setting are contaminated with a reddish toxic mineral called cinnabryl, which impairs mental attributes in those who are exposed to it.
Source: Green Rocks - Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice puts the supernatural stuff in the series in question by revealing that the current setting, along with the previous one, has been exposed to contaminated corn that causes hallucinations for years.
Source: Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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