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polluted

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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).

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

pol·luter n.

polluted [pəˈluːtɪd]
adj
1. made unclean or impure; contaminated
2. US slang intoxicated; drunk
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.polluted - rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
impure - combined with extraneous elements
Translations
polluted [pəˈluːtɪd] adj [water, air, land] → pollué(e)
to be polluted with sth → être pollué(e) par qch

polluted مُلَوَث znečištěný forurenet verschmutzt μολυσμένος contaminado saastunut pollué zagađen inquinato 汚染された 오염된 vervuild forurenset zanieczyszczony poluído загрязненный förorenad ที่เป็นมลพิษ kirlenmiş bị ô nhiễm 受污染的


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The shrine of the four-handed god was polluted by the slaughter of sacred animals; the images of the deities were broken in pieces; and the Moonstone was seized by an officer of rank in the army of Aurungzebe.
I will allow you to watch by it once more, but if this happens for the third time then the well is polluted and you can no longer remain with me.
Thirsting with his exertions, the skipper directed his steps to a stream; but the savages, who had followed at a little distance, perceiving his object, rushed towards him and forced him away from its bank--his lips would have polluted it.
 
 
 
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