pollution
noun
[ pəˈluːʃ(ə)n ]
• 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:
contamination,
contaminating,
adulteration,
adulterating,
tainting,
impurity,
fouling,
befouling,
foulness,
dirtiness,
dirtying,
soiling,
filthiness,
infection,
infecting,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin pollutio(n- ), from the verb polluere (see pollute).
