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121dirty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unclean, filthy, soiled, foul; murky, miry, stormy; vile, sordid, mean; pornographic; dishonest. See uncleanness, dimness, impurity, cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Containing dirt] Syn.… …
122profane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vulgar; sacrilegious, impious, unhallowed. v. t. debase, desecrate, defile, pollute; abuse. See impiety.Ant., sacred. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Worldly] Syn. temporal, transitory, transient; see… …
123smoke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. reek, fume, smolder; steam; puff, inhale, chain smoke; smoke dry, cure; fumigate; begrime, pollute. See dryness, uncleanness, pungency, preservation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vapor, fume, gas, soot,… …
124infect — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. defile, taint, spoil; see affect 1 , contaminate , poison . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. contaminate, poison, taint, pollute, affect, disease, defile, corrupt, befoul. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To have a… …
125pollutant — (n.) 1892, from POLLUTE (Cf. pollute) + ANT (Cf. ant). Related: Pollutants …
126violate — v. a. 1. Injure, hurt. 2. Break, infringe, transgress, invade, break through, trench upon, encroach upon, set at naught, disobey. 3. Profane, desecrate, pollute, do violence to. 4. Abuse, outrage, ravish, deflour, debauch, constuprate, defile,… …
127contaminate — verb the river was contaminated with photographic chemicals Syn: pollute, adulterate; defile, debase, corrupt, taint, infect, foul, spoil, soil, stain, sully; poison; literary befoul See note at pollute Ant …
128defile — verb 1) her capacity for love had been defiled Syn: spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade; poison, taint, tarnish; destroy, ruin Ant: purify 2) the sacred bones were defile …
