contaminated, polluted
(adjective) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; “had to boil the contaminated water”; “polluted lakes and streams”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
polluted (comparative more polluted, superlative most polluted)
made unclean or impure
Antonyms: uncontaminated, unpolluted
(Ireland) drunk
polluted
simple past tense of pollute
Source: Wiktionary
Pol*lut"ed, a.
Definition: Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.
– Pol*lut"ed*ly, adv.
– Pol*lut"ed*ness, n.
Pol*lute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting.] Etym: [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See Position, Lave.]
1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. The land was polluted with blood. Ps. cvi. 38 Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. 2 Esd. xv. 6.
2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
3. (Jewish Law)
Definition: To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32. They have polluted themselves with blood. Lam. iv. 14.
Syn.
– To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish.
Pol*lute", a. Etym: [L. pollutus.]
Definition: Polluted. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 December 2024
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
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