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Meanings of polluted in English

Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution.

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        Buhari said the government was committed to a clean-up of polluted areas.
        Reuters
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        Africa tops the list for the most polluted region, followed by China.
        Reuters
        3
        Until five years ago it was consistently America's most polluted large river.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Wouldn't Ferris have felt polluted having human remains in his work area?
        Cross Bones
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        We already have plant species for remediation of polluted fields, Rosset said.
        Wired
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        Today the forest is almost gone and the rivers are being polluted.
        Reuters
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        ABSTRACTThe remediation of metal-polluted water using bacterial biofilms is a promising technology.
        Pubmed
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        The trade-in incentive is currently limited to Germany's 15 most polluted cities.
        Reuters
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        The government men were hauling a sodden docker from the polluted waters.
        Artemis Fowl
        10
        An industrial waste spill polluted an existing water source in the town.
        The Irish Times
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        The most plausible one is that the water supply has been polluted.
        Level 7
        12
        It is the very cast-off slough of a polluted and shameless press.
        Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
        13
        The disease is carried to the eyes by polluted fingers or towels.
        Herself: Talks with Women Concerning Themselves
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        He feared to find her floating facedown, drowned in the polluted water.
        Map of bones
        15
        This is treating fifteen States of the Union as polluted and polluting.
        The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
        16
        If the water is sewage-polluted, the oysters become contaminated with dangerous bacteria.
        School and Home Cooking
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