[pəˈl(j)uːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances
(e.g: the explosion polluted the town with dioxin)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin pollut- ‘soiled, defiled’, from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum ‘mud’