<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>polluted</li><li>polluting</li></ul><p><strong>Definitions:</strong></p><ul><li>to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.</li><li>to make morally unclean; defile: to pollute a house of worship.</li><li>to render ceremonially impure; desecrate.</li><li>to render less effective or efficient: The use of inferior equipment has polluted the company's service.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>befoul</li><li>soil</li><li>deprave</li><li>debase</li><li>corrupt</li><li>vitiate</li><li>contaminate</li><li>taint</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>purify</li></ul>