polluted
polluted
Definition
pol·luted (pə lo̵̅o̅t′id)
adjective
- contaminated
- Slang intoxicated; drunk
polluted
Synonyms
polluted
modif.
polluted
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- runoff: EPA and states believe polluted runoff causes more than one-half of remaining water quality problems.
- groundwater: Once polluted, groundwater is extremely difficult to clean up.
- suburb: This is unsustainable and adds to the pollution already in the City's most polluted suburbs - Osmaston and Sinfin.
- river: By the end of the 18th century, polluted rivers were covered to form part of the sewerage system due to health reasons.
- air: During the summer months we drive around with our windows open letting in the polluted air of our cities busy streets.
- soil: The results raised hopes that the plants might become a viable alternative for cleaning up polluted soil.
Modifying Another Word
- grossly: But it must also be an aim to improve and enhance environmental quality in those areas already degraded or grossly polluted.
- heavily: In 1964 the heavily polluted original was replaced by a copy.
- badly: Water with high BOD figures are badly polluted, lower figures are better.
- seriously: A seriously polluted river Effects of pollution Pollution can make rivers smell.
- severely: In 1986 the river was severely polluted by a chemical factory fire.
- highly: I was quite sure that the sea was highly polluted.
Used with adjective complement
- become: A thing once uttered by the tongue becomes polluted.
- have: I 've polluted your mind in 25 little stages.
Preposition: with
- sewage: The weak ale is believed to be better for them than water - which is often polluted with sewage.
- oil: Western People Oil pollution blamed for sick swans The River Erne around Enniskillen is polluted with oil.
Preposition: by
- run-off: Its water can be somewhat polluted by agricultural run-off but still remains fairly clean.
- sewage: The usual cause of typhoid was allowing drinking water to be polluted by sewage.
- waste: They believed that diseases were caused by the air somehow being polluted by waste.
Preposition: than
- air: According to the EPA, indoor air can be up to 70 times more polluted than outdoor air.
Browse dictionary entries near polluted
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