pollute

Meanings

Verb

make impure
- "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
To corrupt or profane
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.

Adj

Polluted; defiled.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).

Synonyms

contaminate, foul

Scrabble Score: 9

pollute is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pollute is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pollute is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

pollute is a valid Words With Friends word