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adjective
- 1. contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances: "one of Europe's most polluted rivers"
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POLLUTED definition: 1. affected by pollution: 2. spoiled by something: 3. affected by pollution: . Learn more.
The meaning of POLLUTE is to make ceremonially or morally impure : defile. How to use pollute in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pollute.
POLLUTE definition: 1. to make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals…. Learn more.
Polluted definition: made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted. See examples of POLLUTED used in a sentence.
Anything that's polluted is ruined and dirty — it's been contaminated by something dangerous or even deadly. It's not safe to eat fish caught in a polluted river. The adjective polluted is obviously a close relative to pollute and pollution, so you know that polluted air or water isn't clean.
To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate. 2. To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors: The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory. 3.
If water, air, or land is polluted, it has been made dirty by poisonous substances. ...foul polluted water. 2 meanings: 1. made unclean or impure; contaminated 2. US slang intoxicated; drunk.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of pollute verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 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.
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]
New particles are formed in the polluted air of major cities. The largest effect was on the poor population who were drinking polluted water. Supply chains become polluted with counterfeit goods. Some beaches are very polluted and it would not be reasonable for us to put the public at risk.
