Polluted

pol·lute  (p-lt)

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.

4. To make ceremonially impure; profane: "Churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murders" (Edward Gibbon).

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[Middle English polluten, from Latin polluere, pollt-.]

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pol·luter n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

polluted - rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams" contaminated impure - combined with extraneous elements