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- pronunciation:
- p
lut
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pollutes, polluting, polluted |
| definition 1: |
to make dirty, unpleasant, or unhealthy, esp. by infusing with waste material.
The factory emissions polluted the air.The company polluted the river by dumping its waste there for years.
- synonyms:
- befoul, contaminate, defile, foul, poison, taint
- antonyms:
- clear, purify
- similar words:
- begrime, blight, corrupt, dirty, rot, soil, sully
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| definition 2: |
to cause to become immoral or impure; taint.
Excessive violence on television may pollute young minds.- synonyms:
- corrupt, debauch, deprave, pervert
- antonyms:
- purify
- similar words:
- debase, defile, foul, infect, rot, sully, taint
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| related words: |
adulterate, alloy, canker, color, pervert, poison, profane, taint, vitiate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to make water, air, landscape, or the like dirty, unpleasant, or unhealthy, esp. by infusing with waste material.
Those who pollute should pay. |
adverb + (v.)pollute
badly, dangerously, equally, heavily, highly, increasingly, potentially, seriously
(v.)pollute
+ adverb
less, severely
(v.)pollute
+ noun
acid,
air,
aquifer,
atmosphere,
bay,
beach,
creek,
discharge,
drainage,
drinking,
earth,
emission,
enterprise,
environment,
environmentalist,
exhaust,
facility,
fertilizer,
fossil,
gas,
globe,
groundwater,
industry,
lake,
land,
mercury,
metal,
mile,
mining,
nuisance,
ocean,
penalty,
permit,
pesticide,
petroleum,
planet,
plant,
pollution,
pool,
purity,
reservoir,
river,
sea,
seawater,
sediment,
sewage,
shore,
sky,
smokestack,
soil,
source,
stream,
substance,
supply,
surface,
vehicle,
water,
waterway
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| derivation: |
polluter (n.) |
Word Builder: pollute +
- polluted:
made dirty by pollution.
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