Pollute

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate.
  • v. To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors: The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.
  • v. To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt.
  • v. To make ceremonially impure; profane: "Churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murdersā€ ( Edward Gibbon).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
  • v. To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
  • v. To corrupt or profane
  • adj. Polluted.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.
  • v. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
  • v. To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.
  • adj. Polluted.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make foul or unclean; render impure; defile; soil; taint.
  • To corrupt or defile in a moral sense; destroy the perfection or purity of; impair; profane.
  • Specifically, to render legally or ceremonially unclean, so as to be unfit for sacred services or uses.
  • To violate sexually; debauch or dishonor.
  • Polluted; defiled.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make impure
  • Verb Form
    polluted    pollutes    polluting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bemire    dirty    begrime    colly    grime    soil   
    Hyponym
    taint    infect   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ravish    taint    vitiate    defile    contaminate    dishonor    corrupt    debauch    soil    polluted   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beirut    Bute    Butte    Jute    Root    Shute    absolut    acute    astute    boot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unclean    deprave    degrade    stagnant    fetid    congested    muddy    foul    noxious    loathsome