Contaminated and Poisonous

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Contaminated adjective - Containing foreign or lower-grade substances.

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Poisonous and contaminated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poisonous" instead an adjective "Contaminated".

Poisonous adjective - Containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing.

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Contaminated and poisonous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contaminated" instead an adjective "Poisonous".

Nearby Words: poison, poisoned, poisoning, poisoner

Timed Mission: Not a strict example, per se, but appears in Altera's secret dungeon due to it being heavily contaminated with poisonous plants and your only protection lasting for about 10 minutes.

Source: Video Game / Elsword
In the In Conquest Born universe, Azea's fresh water is often contaminated by parasites; its animal life is not tameable and very dangerous; its plant life is poisonous to humans if not prepared carefully; and the atmosphere has occasional poisonous deathwinds.

Source: Death World
The twist was that the contaminated products weren't poisonous on their own; they had to be mixed when the consumer used multiple products together, making it harder to find the cause of the poisoning.

Source: May Contain Evil

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