English > pollute: 1 sense > verb 1, change| Meaning | make impure. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
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| Synonyms | foul, contaminate |
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| Narrower | infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism |
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| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
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| Spanish | adulterar, contaminar, ensuciar, polucionar |
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| Catalan | adulterar, contaminar, embrutar |
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| Nouns | pollutant | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil |
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| polluter | a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment |
| pollution | the act of contaminating or polluting |
| pollution | undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities |
| pollution | the state of being polluted |