| VERB | change | pollute, foul, contaminate | make impure |
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| Sounds | pahluw't | |
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| Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... | |
| Meaning | make impure. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" | |
| Synonyms | foul, contaminate | |
| Narrower | infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism |
| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
| Spanish | adulterar, contaminar, ensuciar, polucionar | |
| Catalan | adulterar, contaminar, embrutar | |
| Nouns | pollutant | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil |
| 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 | |
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