Definitions for pollute

pollute pol·lute

Spelling: [puh-loot]
IPA: /pəˈlut/

Pollute is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in pollute (elloptu).

Definitions for pollute

verb (used with object)

  1. to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty:
  2. to make morally unclean; defile.
  3. to render ceremonially impure; desecrate:
  4. Informal. to render less effective or efficient:

Origin of pollute

1325-75; Middle English polute Latin pollūtus past participle of polluere to soil, defile, equivalent to pol-, assimilated variant of por- (see pollicitation

Examples for pollute

Heaven forbid we pollute young minds with such right-wing neocon propaganda!

Stained and despised by the world, as I am, I will not pollute this sanctuary!

And now must you pollute the name of my mother, as you polluted her life?

What miserable scruples to torment, blind, and pollute the soul!

pollute is used chiefly of liquids; as, water polluted with sewage.

Then, recovering himself, he said angrily, "pollute not my Daniel with thy touch."

Livestock degrade land, contribute to climate change, pollute water, and destroy biodiversity.

We pollute, but our feeble efforts at cleanup have been largely unsuccessful.

Factories may not pollute streams that furnish drinking water.

Look for this aquaculture to catch on as mankind, unfortunately, continues to pollute our waterways.

Word Value for pollute
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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