Pollute Synonyms and Antonyms

pə-lo͝ot
To make physically impure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contaminate
  2. dirty
  3. defile
  4. foul
  5. poison
  6. befoul
Antonyms:
  1. clean
  2. purify
  3. cleanse
To make morally impure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contaminate
  2. corrupt
  3. defile
  4. infect
  5. soil
  6. taint
  7. befoul
  8. debase
  9. debauch
  10. desecrate
  11. dirty
  12. foul
  13. poison
  14. profane
  15. smear
  16. stain
  17. vitiate
To spoil or mar the sanctity of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. defile
  2. desecrate
  3. profane
  4. violate
To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contaminate

Words Related to Pollute

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. religion
  2. sacred
  3. polluted
  4. toxic-waste
  5. damaging
  6. environmentally-damaging
  7. climate-changing

Pollute Sentence Examples

  • Do not pollute country streams with waste food, empty cans or bottles.

  • Change the air filter on a regular basis to remove trapped dirt and debris that could pollute the air of your home or workspace.

  • Wind energy does not pollute the environment or deplete resources.

  • Here all the prescriptions of puritypartly connected with national customs, and impossible of execution abroad were diligently observed; and even the injunction not to pollute earth with corpses, but to cast out the dead to vulture and dog, was obeyed in its full force.

  • Well, yes... reduce the number of cars, and try and use cars which do n't pollute.

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