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Verb: pollute  pu'loot
  1. Make impure
    "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
    - foul, contaminate

Derived forms: polluting, polluted, pollutes

See also: pollutant, polluter, pollution

Type of: begrime, bemire [archaic], colly [archaic], dirty, grime, soil

Encyclopedia: Pollute