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Pollute

🔄 Synonyms of "Pollute"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
foulnoun	(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
contaminateverb	(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

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

Word	Definition
contaminateverb	(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
foulverb	(transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
pollutantnoun	A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
sullyverb	(transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
spoilverb	(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
litterverb	(intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
pollutantsnoun	A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
poisonnoun	A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
befoulverb	(literally) To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
bespoilverb	(dated, transitive) To spoil or pollute.
depolluteverb	(transitive) To free from pollution.
impurenoun	Not pure
dirty	Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
impurifyverb	(transitive) To make impure.
filthifyverb	(transitive) To make something filthy.
dirty upverb	To make dirty; to sully
conspurcateverb	(transitive, obsolete) To pollute; to defile.
filthy	Covered with filth; very dirty.
adulterateverb	(transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
inquinateverb	(formal) To pollute or make dirty.