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Pollute

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Verb

1. contaminate, foul, pollute

make impure

Example Sentences:
'The industrial wastes polluted the lake'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pollute

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to contaminate, as with poisonous or harmful substances
2. 
to make morally corrupt or impure; sully
3. 
to desecrate or defile

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Pollute

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verb transitiveWord forms: polˈluted or polˈluting
1. 
to make unclean, impure, or corrupt; defile; dirty
2. 
to contaminate (water, air, etc.) with harmful chemicals, waste material, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pollute

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tr.v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes
1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate.
2. To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors: The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.
3. To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt: felt that the minds of young people were hopelessly polluted by television ads.

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