Pollution

Quick meaning: Pollution is a noun meaning Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

Meaning

Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

More Meanings

1. (now rare) The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation.
2. (now archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission.
3. Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.
4. Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.

Example Sentences

"Flying only looks like a bargain because the cost of pollution is so cheap."

Pollution now kills three times as many people worldwide as Aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

Men who attend the Altar, and should most / Endevor Peace: thir strife pollution brings / Upon the Temple it self […].

Pollution levels are almost always higher in cities rather than the countryside, what with the cars, industry and so on.

Word Forms

• pollutions

Synonyms for pollution

Depending on context, synonyms include defedation, defilement, soilage, adulteration, contamination, sophistication.

Antonyms for pollution

Common opposites include conservation, purity, decontamination.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include befoulment, contamination, defilement, smog, sewage, air.

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