pollute
About 0.48 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.
- verb To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.
- verb To corrupt or profane
- verb To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
- verb to flatulate.
- adjective Polluted; defiled.
Similar words
contaminate foul pollutant sully spoil litter pollutants poison befoul bespoil
Often followed by
the our it and their a water or his
Word family
polluted polluter polluters pollutes polluting pollutive
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