Pollute - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pəˈluːt|  American pronunciation of the word pollute
Brit.  |pəˈluːt|  British pronunciation of the word pollute

verb

- make impure (syn: contaminate, foul)
The industrial wastes polluted the lake

Extra examples

Miles of beaches were polluted by the oil spill.

Car exhaust pollutes the air.

Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke.

The factory pollutes the air and water.

The island has been seriously polluted by a copper mine.

The rivers had been polluted with aluminium.

Churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murders. (E. Gibbon)

The industrial wastes polluted the lake

Companies that pollute are the target of a new crackdown.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: pollute
he/she/it: pollutes
present participle: polluting
past tense: polluted
past participle: polluted
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