pollution
noun
/pəˈl(j)uːʃən/
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/pəˈluʃən/
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- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
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milieuverontreiniging,
pollutie,
vervuiling,
milieuvervuiling
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- Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement. [from 15th c.]
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bezoedeling,
milieuverontreiniging,
pollutie,
smet
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- Something that pollutes; a pollutant. [from 17th c.]
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milieuverontreiniging,
pollutie,
vervuiling
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pollutant
noun
/pəˈl(j)uːtənt/
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- A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
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vervuiler
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pollute
verb
/pəˈljuːt/
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/pəˈluːt/
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- (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
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vervuilen
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polluted
adjective
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- made unclean or impure
- (Ireland) drunk
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onrein
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