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   pollution

   /pəˈl(j)uːʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects: "the level of pollution in the air is rising" Similar contaminationcontaminatingadulterationadulteratingtaintingimpurityfoulingbefoulingfoulnessdirtinessdirtyingsoilingfilthinessinfectioninfectingOpposite purity

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin pollutio(n-), from the verb polluere (see pollute).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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