Pollution \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.
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2. (Med.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times
than in sexual intercourse. --Dunglison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pollution
n 1: undesirable state of the natural environment being
contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of
human activities
2: the state of being polluted [syn: befoulment, defilement]
3: the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either
intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or
factors [syn: contamination] [ant: decontamination]
WordNet (r) 2.0
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "pollution":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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