verb (transitive) as in strong fondness

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contaminating, corrupting, degrading

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Example:Records show that the meat was contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

Definition:to pollute or infect with foreign, noxious, or disease-producing matter

From contaminating

Example:The constant exposure to bad language was corrupting the children’s behavior.

Definition:to make corrupt or deteriorated in quality, condition, or character; to render impure or immoral

From corrupting

Example:Vincent’s constant lying degraded his integrity.

Definition:to lower in character, quality, or status; to diminish the moral or intellectual worth of

From degrading