Pollution

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  • noun. The act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances.
  • noun. Something that pollutes; a pollutant or a group of pollutants.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of polluting; also, the state of being polluted; defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
  • noun. Specifically, legal or ceremonial uncleanness, disqualifying a person for sacred services or for intercourse with others, or rendering anything unfit for sacred use.
  • noun. The emission of semen at any other time than during coition: more frequently called self-pollution.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
  • noun. The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances.
  • noun. Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
  • noun. Physical defilement.
  • noun. The emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
  • noun. the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
  • noun. the state of being polluted
    • Word Usage
    "So I think we can use the term pollution to describe it."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    conservation  purity  
    cross-reference
    nocturnal pollution  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dirtiness  uncleanness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aleutian  Andalusian  Confucian  Constitution  Lilliputian  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chemical  contamination  corruption  damage  degradation  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abomination  abuse  abuse of office  adulteration  air  
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