About The Word Pollution

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Pollution

Pollution Meaning & Definition
Pollution Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pollution?

[n] the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
[n] the state of being polluted
[n] undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pollution: befoulment | contamination | defilement

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pollution: abomination | abuse | abuse of office | adulteration | air | atrocity | bad | badness | bane | bastardizing | befouling | befoulment | besmirchment | blight | contamination | conversion | corrupt administration | corruption | crying evil | cutting | damage | debasement | defalcation | defilement | desecration | despoliation | destruction | detriment | dilution | dirtying | diversion | doctoring | embezzlement | envenoming | evil | festering | fortifying | fouling | grievance | harm | harmfulness | havoc | health hazard | hurt | ill | infection | injuriousness | injury | insalubriousness | insalubrity | lacing | maladministration | malfeasance | malpractice | malversation | menace to health | misapplication | misappropriation | mischief | misconduct | misemployment | misfeasance | mishandling | mismanagement | misusage | misuse | noise pollution | noisomeness | noxiousness | outrage | pathenogenicity | peculation | perversion | pilfering | poison | poisoning | poor stewardship | profanation | prostitution | ritual uncleanness | soiling | spiking | spoiling | staining | sullying | suppuration | tainting | the worst | toxin | unhealthfulness | unhealthiness | unsalutariness | unwholesomeness | venom | vexation | violation | vitiation | water | watering | woe | wrong

See Also | air pollution | biodegradable pollution | dirtiness | dirtying | dust contamination | environmental condition | impureness | impurity | noise pollution | nonbiodegradable pollution | soiling | soilure | sound pollution | thermal pollution | uncleanness | water pollution

Pollution In Webster's Dictionary

\Pol*lu"tion\, n. [L. pollutio: cf. F. pollution.] 1. The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity. 2. (Med.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse. --Dunglison.

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