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Synonyms for pollution
pəˈlu ʃənpol·lu·tion
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pollutionnoun
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purity, conservationpollutionnoun
The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances.
Nobody visits the river any more because of all the pollution.
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conservation, puritypollutionnoun
Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
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conservation, puritypollutionnoun
Physical defilement
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purity, conservationpollutionnoun
The emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse.
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conservation, puritypollutionnoun
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self-pollution
Princeton's WordNet
pollutionnoun
undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
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defilement, contamination, befoulmentbefoulment, defilement, pollutionnoun
the state of being polluted
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defilement, contamination, befoulmentcontamination, pollutionnoun
the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
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defilement, taint, contamination, contaminant, befoulment
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
pollutionnoun
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defilement, contamination, foulness, taint, impurity, uncleanness, abomination
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pollutionnoun
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defilement, contamination, corruption, infection debasement, vitiation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "pollution":
contamination, polluted, pollutants, polluting, pollutant, contaminated, pollutions
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How to use pollution in a sentence?
Our Clean Power Plan will not only reduce carbon pollution but significantly reduce the pollutants that cause smog and soot, which is one of their major concerns.
The danger to children is real and is already witnessed by physicians in the US, children suffer more heat impacts because they spend more time outside. They are more vulnerable to the heat-related increases in air pollution that come from fossil fuel exhaust, because their lungs are still developing. Outdoor play also makes them more prey to insect vectors carrying dangerous infections.
We need to act locally and think globally to address these bleaching events. Locally produced threats to coral, such as pollution from the land and unsustainable fishing practices, stress the health of corals and decrease the likelihood that corals can either resist bleaching, or recover from it.
I’ve spent my career advocating for health equity and environmental justice, because no one should be sickened by the environment in which they live, harmful carbon pollution and smog have a lasting and devastating impact on public health, and strengthening air quality standards means healthier, more sustainable communities.
While most people can readily observe and believe that air pollution may cause lung diseases, it is in fact cardiovascular diseases that are the largest adverse health effect of fine particulate matter exposure.
Translations for pollution
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- omgewingsbesoedelingAfrikaans
- تلويث, تلوثArabic
- saotradurBreton
- pol·luent, pol·lució, contaminacióCatalan, Valencian
- znečištěníCzech
- forureningDanish
- Verschmutzung, Pollution, Umweltverschmutzung, VerunreinigungGerman
- ρύπανση, μόλυνσηGreek
- poluadoEsperanto
- polución, contaminaciónSpanish
- الودگیPersian
- itsesaastutus, saaste, saastuttaminen, saastuminenFinnish
- défilement, la pollution, pollutionFrench
- truailleadhScottish Gaelic
- זיהוםHebrew
- प्रदूषणHindi
- szennyeződés, környezetszennyezésHungarian
- polusiIndonesian
- inquinamento, inquinanteItalian
- ᐃᑖᖏᔭᖅᑐᖅInuktitut
- 汚染, 汚染物質Japanese
- 汚染, 오염Korean
- smet, vervuiling, bezoedeling, milieuverontreiniging, pollutie, milieuvervuilingDutch
- zanieczyszczeniePolish
- poluente, polução, poluiçãoPortuguese
- загрязнениеRussian
- förorening, miljöförstöringSwedish
- కాలుష్యంTelugu
- มลภาวะThai
- ô nhiễmVietnamese
- פאַרפּעסטיקונגYiddish
- 污染Chinese
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