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POLLUTE

Pronunciation (US):

• POLLUTE (verb)
The verb POLLUTE has 1 sense:

1. make impure

Familiarity information: POLLUTE used as a verb is very rare.

• POLLUTE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make impure

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

contaminate; pollute; foul

Context example:

The industrial wastes polluted the lake

Hypernyms (to "pollute" is one way to...):

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pollute"):

infect; taint (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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