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- pronunciation:
- p
lut
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
pollutes, polluting, polluted |
| definition: |
When someone pollutes something, they add things to it that are bad and make it dirty. When people pollute a lake or river, the water may not be safe to drink or swim in. Air that has been polluted is not good for people and animals to breathe.
There were many fish in the river before the factories polluted the water.Smoke from the fires polluted the air.
- synonyms:
- contaminate
- antonyms:
- purify
- similar words:
- dirty, rot
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| related words: |
poison |
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| derivation: |
polluter (n.) |
Word Builder: pollute +
- polluted:
made dirty by pollution.
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