adulteration
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a·dul·ter·ate
(ə-dŭl′tə-rāt′)tr.v. a·dul·ter·at·ed, a·dul·ter·at·ing, a·dul·ter·ates
To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
adj. (-tər-ĭt) Archaic
1. Spurious; adulterated.
2. Adulterous.
a·dul′ter·a′tion n.
a·dul′ter·a′tor n.
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Noun | 1. | adulteration - being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure |
2. | adulteration - the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another) change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
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adulteration
nounThe state of being contaminated:
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
adulteration
n
(of wine) → Pan(t)schen nt; (of food) → Abwandlung f
(fig) → Vergewaltigung f, → Verhunzung f (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
adulteration
[əˈdʌltəˌreɪʃ/ən] n (of food, drink) → adulterazione fCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ad·ul·ter·a·tion
n. adulteración, falsificación, cambiando del original.
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