About The Word Pollute
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Pollute
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What's The Definition Of Pollute?
[v] make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pollute: contaminate | foul Related Terms | Find terms related to Pollute: 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 | damage | debase | debauch | defalcate | defile | deflower | degenerate | degrade | denaturalize | denature | deprave | desecrate | despoil | destroy | devalue | dilute | dirty | disadvantage | disserve | distort | distress | divert | do a mischief | do evil | do ill | do wrong | do wrong by | doctor | doctor up | doom | embezzle | envenom | fortify | foul | fuddle | get into trouble | harass | harm | hex | hurt | impair | infect | injure | jinx | lace | maladminister | maltreat | menace | mess | mess up | misapply | misappropriate | misemploy | mishandle | mismanage | mistreat | misuse | molest | nasty | outrage | overtake | peculate | persecute | pervert | pickle | pilfer | plaster | play havoc with | play hob with | poison | prejudice | profane | prostitute | ravage | ravish | savage | scathe | soil | souse | spike | spoil | stain | stew | stone | sully | swack | taint | tamper with | tarnish | threaten | tipsify | torment | torture | twist | ulcerate | violate | vitiate | vulgarize | warp | water | water down | wound | wreak havoc on | wrong See Also | begrime | bemire | colly | dirty | grime | infect | soil | taint Pollute In Webster's Dictionary \Pol*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polluted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Polluting}.] [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to
defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. +
luere to wash. See {Position}, {Lave}.]
1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to
soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral
defilement.
The land was polluted with blood. --Ps. cvi. 38
Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. --2
Esd. xv. 6.
2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
3. (Jewish Law) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify
or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social
intercourse.
Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the
children of Israel, lest ye die. --Num. xviii.
32.
They have polluted themselves with blood. --Lam. iv.
14.
Syn: To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate;
debauch; dishonor; ravish.
\Pol*lute"\, a. [L. pollutus.] Polluted. [R.] --Milton. |
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