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pollute (verb)

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  • pollute — ► VERB 1) contaminate with harmful or poisonous substances. 2) corrupt. DERIVATIVES pollutant adjective & noun polluter noun pollution noun. ORIGIN Latin polluere pollute, defile …   English terms dictionary

  • pollute — verb 1) fish farms will pollute the lake Syn: contaminate, adulterate, taint, poison, foul, dirty, soil, infect; literary befoul Ant: purify 2) propaganda polluted this nation Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • pollute — UK US /pəˈluːt/ verb [I or T] ► ENVIRONMENT to make water, the air, or land dirty and not safe for people, animals, and plants, especially with waste or chemicals: »You don t need to pollute the planet to grow your economy. »He expects coal… …   Financial and business terms

  • pollute — verb (T) 1 to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use: beaches polluted by raw sewage | industrial emissions that pollute the air 2 pollute sb s mind to give someone immoral thoughts and spoil their… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pollute — verb Pollute is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑waste Pollute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑air, ↑atmosphere, ↑environment, ↑stream, ↑water …   Collocations dictionary

  • pollute — I verb adulterate, alloy, befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, degrade, denaturalize, deprave, desecrate, destroy, dirty, dishonor, filthify, foul, grime, impair, infect, maculate, make foul …   Law dictionary

  • pollute — verb 1》 contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances. 2》 defile or corrupt. Derivatives pollutant adjective &noun polluter noun pollution noun Origin ME: from L. pollut , polluere pollute, defile , based on the root of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • pollute — verb Syn: contaminate, taint, poison, foul, dirty, soil, infect Ant: purify …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • pollute */ — UK [pəˈluːt] / US [pəˈlut] verb [transitive] Word forms pollute : present tense I/you/we/they pollute he/she/it pollutes present participle polluting past tense polluted past participle polluted 1) to make air, water, or land too dirty and… …   English dictionary

  • pollute — [[t]pəlu͟ːt[/t]] pollutes, polluting, polluted VERB To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage. [V n] Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious… …   English dictionary

  • pollute — transitive verb (polluted; polluting) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere, from por (akin to Latin per through) + luere (akin to Latin lutum mud, Greek lyma dirt, defilement) more at for Date: 14th century… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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