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Adulterate

To corrupt.

📖 Definitions of "Adulterate"

verb

1
To corrupt.
2
To spoil by adding impurities.
"to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coins, etc."
3
To commit adultery.
4
To defile by adultery.

adjective

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
debaseverb	(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
debased	Brought low; degraded.
stretchnoun	(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
sophisticatenoun	(transitive) (also reflexive) To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize.
doctornoun	A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
diluteverb	(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
impureverb	Not pure
water downverb	(idiomatic) To make weaker, less effective.
adulterated	Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug).
doctor upverb	(transitive) To falsify, or modify something, so that it appears to be better than it is.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
impureverb	(transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute
debaseverb	(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
debased	Brought low; degraded.
doctor upverb	(transitive) To falsify, or modify something, so that it appears to be better than it is.
water downverb	(idiomatic) To make weaker, less effective.
diluteverb	(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
stretchverb	(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
sophisticateverb	(transitive) (also reflexive) To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize.
doctorverb	(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
corruptverb	Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
alterverb	(ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
contaminatedverb	made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
adulterine	Pertaining to adultery.
defiledverb	Impure; dirty.
sulliedverb	defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.
polluted	Made unclean or impure.
maculatenoun	To spot; to stain; to blur.
antiadulteration	Opposing or countering adulteration.
dirty	Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
muddiedverb	Having been made unclear, obfuscated.