View example sentences, synonyms and word forms for Pollute.
Pollute meaning
To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. | To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor. | To corrupt or profane
Example sentences (20)
For example, if people living near a factory had a right to clean air and water, or the factory had the right to pollute, then either the factory could pay those affected by the pollution or the people could pay the factory not to pollute.
But as galamsey continues to ravage communities, pollute water bodies, farmlands and destroy forest reserves, there is still no clear-cut way forward as to how to manage the threat.
One could say that the verbs that Earth Day embodies contradict other verbs such as despoil, pollute, and destroy.
Only it was a montage, one of the latest pieces of disinformation to pollute the campaign of one of Turkey's closest and most important elections in generations.
Overriding Gov. Cooper’s vetoes, the NC legislature makes it harder to vote, easier to pollute.
Sewer overflows that pollute the river and lake.
The concern was that it could pollute the internet with confident-sounding falsehoods.
The ESG nonsense is yet another way that Democrats have found to pollute seemingly every aspect of life in America with their politics.
We only have one Earth; let’s not pollute it.
And if we want to use energy that doesn’t pollute, we need to come up with hydrogen that is low carbon intensity.
By blocking the pumped storage proposal and offering no credible alternative, they are extending the life of CO2 (gas) based peak power generators which pollute the atmosphere and exacerbate climate extremes.
He loves to dominate the airwaves and pollute them simultaneously.
How, in the face of this terrible threat to our earth, can the University of Nebraska allow clouds of red balloons to be released to pollute their state and neighboring states?
If you pollute somebody’s environment, you need to pay.
Or pollute the air without concern for the damage it causes lungs in other states.
Rogers said that can lead to senses of hopelessness and anger that corporations continue to pollute the atmosphere despite decades of warnings and mounting impacts.
The council said it was considering further compliance action and would be directing the business to ensure all wastewater was taken to a suitable facility to be processed "and not pollute the environment".
Without proper treatment and containment, these hazardous substances can contaminate water sources, pollute the air, and have far-reaching consequences on public health.
According to Zeglin, if it wasn't for soil microbes, anything extra could leach out of the soil and pollute groundwater, streams, rivers and lakes.
As workers stay at home, the emissions from diesel and petrol vehicles that pollute our city air are falling.