polluted

C2+ Topic:Safety & Risk
US /pəˈlutɪd/ UK /pəˈluːtɪd/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    contaminated with harmful or unclean substances

    Fish could no longer survive in the polluted river.

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Synonyms
1 adj · contaminated with harmful... contaminatedtaintedbefouledfouleddirtydefiledsoiledimpure
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Etymology

From pollute (from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere 'to soil, defile', from por- 'before' + luere 'to smear') + -ed.

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