| ADJECTIVE | all | adulterating, adulterant | making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials |
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| Meaning | making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials. | |
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| Example | "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" | |
| Synonym | adulterant | |
| Narrower | extraneous, foreign | not belonging to that in which it is contained |
| Opposite | purifying | Freeing from noxious matter |
| Spanish | adulterante | |
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