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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pollute/pəˈluːt/
▶verb
- 1 contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.
- 2 defile or corrupt.
– derivatives
pollutant adjective & noun,
polluter noun,
pollution noun.
pollutant adjective & noun,
polluter noun,
pollution noun.
– origin ME: from L. pollut-, polluere ‘pollute, defile’, based on the root of lutum ‘mud’.
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