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(pollutes, polluting, polluted) 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: V n • polluted The police have warned the city’s inhabitants not to bathe in the polluted river. ADJ
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transitive verb (~d; polluting) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere, from por- (akin to Latin per through) + -luere (akin to Latin lutum mud, Greek lyma dirt, defilement) — more at for Date: 14th century 1. a. to make ceremonially or morally impure ; defile b. debase 1 using language to deceive or mislead ~s language — Linda C. Lederman 2. a. to make physically impure or unclean ; befoul, dirty b. to contaminate (an environment) especially with man-made waste Synonyms: see contaminate • ~r noun • pollutive adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 contaminate or defile (the environment). 2 make foul or filthy. 3 destroy the purity or sanctity of. Derivatives pollutant adj. & n. polluter n. pollution n. Etymology: ME f. L polluere pollut- ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уст. загрязненный 2. уст. оскверненный 3. уст. развращенный 4. загрязнять to pollute water —- загрязнять воду 5. осквернять to pollute a temple —- осквернять храм 6. развращать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) загрязнять; Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke. 2) осквернять 3) развращать; Parents are afraid that their childrens minds will be polluted with the violence that they see on television. Syn: adulterate, contaminate, pervert, vitiate Ant: clean, purge, purify, sterilize ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use (beaches polluted by raw sewage | industrial emissions that pollute the air) 2 pollute sb's mind to give someone immoral thoughts and spoil their character (fears that Lawrence's novels would pollute young minds) - polluted adj (polluted rivers) - polluter n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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