pollute

tr.v., -lut·ed, -lut·ing, -lutes.

1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See synonyms at contaminate.
2. To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors: The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.
3. To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt.
4. 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.

verb

1. To make physically impure: contaminate, defile, foul, poison. See clean/dirty.
2. To make morally impure: contaminate, corrupt, defile, infect, soil, taint. See clean/dirty.
3. To spoil or mar the sanctity of: defile, desecrate, profane, violate. See clean/dirty, religion, sacred/profane.

v

Definition: make dirty; corrupt
Antonyms: clean, cleanse, purify

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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)

Common misspelling(s) of pollute

• polute

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

Italiano (Italian)
inquinare

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

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلوث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮זיהם, טימא, השחית, חילל‬

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