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pol·lute
(pə-lo͞ot′)tr.v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes
1. 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. To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt: felt that the minds of young people were hopelessly polluted by television ads.
[Middle English polluten, from Latin polluere, pollūt-.]
pol·lut′er n.
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polluted
(pəˈluːtɪd)adj
1. made unclean or impure; contaminated
2. slang US intoxicated; drunk
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Adj. | 1. | polluted - rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams" impure - combined with extraneous elements |
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polluted
adj contaminadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.