| Pronunciation: | | pul'ooshun
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- [n] the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- [n] the state of being polluted
- [n] undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
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| | Synonyms: | | befoulment, contamination, defilement |
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| | Antonyms: | | decontamination |
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| | See Also: | | air pollution, biodegradable pollution, dirtiness, dirtying, dust contamination, environmental condition, impureness, impurity, noise pollution, nonbiodegradable pollution, soiling, soilure, sound pollution, thermal pollution, uncleanness, water pollution |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pol*lu"tion\, n. [L. pollutio: cf. F. pollution.]
1. The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in
any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
2. (Med.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times
than in sexual intercourse. --Dunglison.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of pollution indicates that you need to clean your words and thoughts. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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- The changing of a natural environment, either by natural or artificial means, so that the environment becomes harmful to the living things normally found in it. Most often this refers to the input of toxic chemicals into the environment.
- The contamination of water (such as from raw sewage, industrial waste), making it unfit to support many forms of life.
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| | Related Terms: | | abomination, abuse, abuse of office, adulteration, air, atrocity, bad, badness, bane, bastardizing, befouling, befoulment, besmirchment, blight, contamination, conversion, corrupt administration, corruption, crying evil, cutting, damage, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, despoliation, destruction, detriment, dilution, dirtying, diversion, doctoring, embezzlement, envenoming, evil, festering, fortifying, fouling, grievance, harm, harmfulness, havoc, health hazard, hurt, ill, infection, injuriousness, injury, insalubriousness, insalubrity, lacing, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, menace to health, misapplication, misappropriation, mischief, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, noise pollution, noisomeness, noxiousness, outrage, pathenogenicity, peculation, perversion, pilfering, poison, poisoning, poor stewardship, profanation, prostitution, ritual uncleanness, soiling, spiking, spoiling, staining, sullying, suppuration, tainting, the worst, toxin, unhealthfulness, unhealthiness, unsalutariness, unwholesomeness, venom, vexation, violation, vitiation, water, watering, woe, wrong |
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