pollute

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de salir ou de rendre impur, en particulier l'environnement, par des substances nocives.

A verb used to indicate the act of contaminating or making something impure, especially the environment, with harmful substances.

1. Make impureB1formal

   To contaminate or make something dirty, especially the environment, by adding harmful substances.

   Rendre impur

   • Factories pollute the air with smoke and chemicals.
   • Plastic waste pollutes our oceans and harms marine life.
   • We must stop polluting rivers with industrial waste.

   Synonymesadulteratebefoulblemishcontaminatedebasedirtyfoulpoisonsoiltaint

   Antonymescleandecontaminatepurify