pollute

Verb

Verb Forms: polluted, polluting, pollutes

To make something impure, contaminated, or unclean.
make impure
- "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
To corrupt or profane
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.

Adj

Polluted; defiled.

Examples

A poorly placed word can pollute the entire Words With Friends board for future plays.
The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.
The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).

Synonyms

contaminate, foul

Scrabble Score: 9

pollute: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pollute: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pollute: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

pollute: valid Words With Friends Word