pollute
/pəˈluːt/ verb A2- To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. · The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.
- To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor. · The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.
- To corrupt or profane
- To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
- to flatulate.
He/she/it pollutes · Past polluted · Past participle polluted · -ing form polluting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pollute
- He/she/it
- pollutes
- Past
- polluted
- Past participle
- polluted
- -ing form
- polluting
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Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?”
The newly constructed Houses of Parliament sat directly alongside the heavily polluted river, a location that quickly became a considerable liability.
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