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    polluted
    /pəˈl(j)uːtɪd/

    adjective

    • 1. contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances: "one of Europe's most polluted rivers"

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  2. Polluted means affected by pollution or spoiled by something. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of polluted with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  3. Pollute means to make something dirty or harmful, especially by adding harmful chemicals or waste. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of pollute with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. Learn the meaning of pollute, a verb that means to make impure or unclean, especially with man-made waste. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

  5. Polluted definition: made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted. See examples of POLLUTED used in a sentence.

  6. to make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, especially by adding harmful chemicals: The pesticides used on many farms are polluting the water supply. We won't invest in any company that pollutes the environment.

  7. to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke. Synonyms: befoul, soil. Antonyms: purify. to make morally unclean; defile. Synonyms: deprave, debase, corrupt, vitiate, contaminate, taint. Antonyms: purify. to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship.

  8. May 10, 2024 · 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. [VERB noun] A number of beaches in the region have been polluted by sewage pumped into the sea. [VERB noun]