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- 1. contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances: "the explosion polluted the town with dioxin"
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pollute. verb [ T ] uk / pəˈluːt / us. Add to word list. Add to word list. B2. to make water, air, soil, etc dirty or harmful: We need a fuel that won't pollute the environment. (Definition of pollute from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
pollute. to add dirty or harmful substances to land, air, water, etc. so that it is no longer pleasant or safe to use. pollute something by/with something The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories. Definition of pollute verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Definition of pollute – Learner’s Dictionary. pollute. verb [ T ] uk / pəˈluːt / us. B2. to make water, air, soil, etc dirty or harmful: We need a fuel that won't pollute the environment. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.
May 24, 2024 · transitive verb. To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage. Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals. Synonyms: contaminate, dirty, mar, poison More Synonyms of pollute. polluted adjective.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Environment & waste pol‧lute /pəˈluːt/ verb [ transitive] 1 to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use beaches polluted by raw sewage The factory pollutes the air and water. heavily/severely/badly etc polluted The island has been seriously ...
pol•lute /pəˈlut/ v. [ ~ + object], -lut•ed, -lut•ing. Ecology to make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products; contaminate: to pollute the air with smoke. to make morally unclean; defile; debase: to pollute the mind with bigotry. pol•lut•er, n. [ countable] All polluters will be heavily fined.
Definition of pollute in Essential American English Dictionary. pollute. verb. us / pəˈlut/ present participle polluting | past tense and past participle polluted. Add to word list Add to word list. to make water, air, soil, etc. dirty or harmful: We need a fuel that won’t pollute the environment. polluted. adjective.
