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to pollute
01
to damage the environment by releasing harmful chemicals or substances to the air, water, or land
Transitive: to pollute the environment
Grammatical Information
action verb
regular
present tense
pollute
3rd person singular
pollutes
past simple
polluted
past participle
polluted
Examples
Factories often pollute the air with emissions from burning fossil fuels.
Lexical Tree
polluted
polluter
pollution
pollute
