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pollute

pol·lute

UK/pəˈluːt/ US/pəˈljuːt/ uncommon rare

verb

1.

make impure

  • “The industrial wastes polluted the lake”
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From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).

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