pollute
21pollute — 1. verb a) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks. b) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction …
22pollute — pol·lute pə lüt vt, pol·lut·ed; pol·lut·ing 1) to make physically impure or unclean 2) to contaminate (an environment) esp. with man made waste pol·lut·er n pol·lut·ive lüt iv adj …
23pollute — Synonyms and related words: abuse, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, alloy, bastardize, befoul, benasty, bewitch, blight, booze up, boozify, canker, cheapen, coarsen, condemn, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, crock, crucify, curse, cut,… …
24pollute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contaminate, foul, desecrate, taint, soil, defile, corrupt; demoralize. See impurity, deterioration, uncleanness.Ant., clean (up). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contaminate, dirty, befoul, defile; see… …
25pollute — pol|lute [ pə lut ] verb transitive * 1. ) to make air, water, or land too dirty and dangerous for people to use in a safe way: The oil spill has polluted the harbor. The cattle drank from a river polluted with toxic chemicals. 2. ) to spoil the… …
26pollute — pol·lute || pÉ™ luËt v. contaminate; defile, profane; spoil, ruin …
27pollute — v. a. 1. Defile, soil, taint, make foul, make unclean. 2. Corrupt, infect, contaminate, vitiate, deprave, debase, poison, impair, taint, pervert, tarnish, stain. 3. Desecrate, profane. 4. Violate, debauch, dishonor, ravish, abuse, defile,… …
28pollute — v 1. dirty, soil, sully, maculate; foul, befoul, make unclean, grime, begrime; poison, adulterate, blight, canker; spoil, mar, scar, Inf. muck up, Inf. mess up; litter, strew, Inf. junk up. 2. defile, contaminate, vitiate, debase, devalue,… …
29pollute — pol·lute …
30pollute — verb Syn: contaminate, taint, poison, foul, dirty, soil, infect Ant: purify …
