Another word for pollution
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Noun
The state of being contaminated
- the use of sophistry
- the act or process of sophisticating
- the state, quality, or character of being sophisticated
- The act or process of contaminating.
- The state of being contaminated.
- One that contaminates.
- an adulterating or being adulterated
- an adulterated substance, commodity, etc.
See also:Impure condition
- The state or quality of being unwholesome.
- Contamination or pollution.
- Lack of consistency or homogeneity; adulteration.
- A state of immorality; sin.
- The state or quality of being dirty.
- The act of defiling.
- The state of being defiled.
- (military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
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Another word for pollution
Noun
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- Present participle of smirch.
- Present participle of besmirch.
- Present participle of besmear.
- The invasion of bodily tissue by pathogenic microorganisms that proliferate, resulting in tissue injury that can progress to disease:
- The entry or placement, as by injection, of a microorganism or infectious agent into a cell or tissue.
- An instance of being infected:
- To use incorrectly.
- To mistreat or abuse.
- Improper, unlawful, or incorrect use; misapplication.
- The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
- (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
- The act of despoiling or plundering.
- Seizure of neutral vessels at sea by a belligerent power in time of war.
- Unauthorized alteration or destruction of a legal document, such as a contract or will.
- The quality of being rotten.
- The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
- To use improperly or excessively; misuse:
- To hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use:
- To force sexual activity on; rape or molest.
- The act or an instance of profaning; desecration.
- a desecrating or being desecrated
- The act or result of decomposing; disintegration.
- Separation into constituents by chemical reaction.
- Breakdown or decay of organic materials.
- Present participle of pollute.
- Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
- Present participle of taint.
- To affect or associate with something undesirable or reprehensible:
- To expose to an infectious agent, toxin, or undesirable substance:
- To subject to decay or putrefaction:
- Present participle of soil.
- An act of making dirty.
- Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues.
- The condition or causative agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that results in blight.
- An agent or action that harms or ruins the value or success of something:
- an adulterating or being adulterated
- an adulterated substance, commodity, etc.
- The act of defiling.
- The state of being defiled.
- (military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
- The act or process of corrupting.
- The state of being corrupt.
- Decay; rot.
- The act or process of contaminating.
- The state of being contaminated.
- One that contaminates.
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