pollute
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pol·lute
(pə-lūt') 
tr.v., -lut·ed, -lut·ing, -lutes.
tr.v., -lut·ed, -lut·ing, -lutes.
- To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See synonyms at contaminate.
- To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors: The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.
- To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt.
- To make ceremonially impure; profane: "Churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murders" (Edward Gibbon).
[Middle English polluten, from Latin polluere, pollūt-.]
polluter pol·lut'er n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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pollute
verb
- To make physically impure: contaminate, defile, foul, poison. See clean/dirty.
- To make morally impure: contaminate, corrupt, defile, infect, soil, taint. See clean/dirty.
- To spoil or mar the sanctity of: defile, desecrate, profane, violate. See clean/dirty, religion, sacred/profane.
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pollute
v
Definition: make dirty; corrupt
Antonyms: clean, cleanse, purify
McGraw-Hill Slang Dictionary:
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polluted
mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. Those guys are really polluted.
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pollute
IN BRIEF: To make dirty and unhealthy; contaminate.
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
— Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang:
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polluted
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categories related to 'pollute'
- Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - pollute: (vb) debase, defile, make impure
- Violent Actions - pollute: poison, taint, or make foul
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Pollute
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forurene, vanhellige
Nederlands (Dutch)
verontreinigen, vervuilen
Français (French)
v. tr. - (Écol) polluer, (fig) corrompre, souiller
Deutsch (German)
v. - verschmutzen, verpesten, verunreinigen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μολύνω, βρομίζω, ρυπαίνω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - poluir
Русский (Russian)
загрязнять, осквернять
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - contaminar, corromper, profanar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förorena, besudla, skända
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
污染, 弄脏, 玷污, 败坏
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 污染, 弄髒, 玷污, 敗壞
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 더럽히다, 신성 모독하다, (여자에게) 폭행하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 汚す, 汚染する, 堕落させる
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - זיהם, טימא, השחית, חילל
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