Contaminated
Contaminated adjective - Containing foreign or lower-grade substances.
Sick and contaminated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sick" instead an adjective "Contaminated".
Sick
Sick adjective - Having or showing lowered moral character or standards.
Usage example: some people insisted that only a sick soul could write such perverted books
Contaminated and sick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contaminated" instead an adjective "Sick".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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One episode has the entire town sick after eating vegetarian Krustyburgers made with contaminated barley from nearby Ogdenville.
Source: The Food Poisoning Incident -
Asuka gives him "the first one in years that had been anything but playful" when he blocks her from entering Aki's room while she's sick with measles to prevent her from getting contaminated.
Source: Armor-Piercing Slap -
At other times, Faye gets sick from eating expired emergency rations ("only for the most dire of situations"!), and Ed tries to eat frozen, mercury-contaminated fish that Jet had stored as evidence.
Source: Dog Food Diet
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