verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pollute the environment
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Nuclear waste will pollute the environment for centuries.
polluted
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The air in Mexico City is heavily polluted.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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heavily
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The river is already heavily polluted by chemical and metallurgical industries.
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There was little information on the health of people living in that area, which had been known to be heavily polluted .
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One, the copper flower, grows in dense violet clumps on the most polluted soils of all.
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Point Judith Pond, the eastern most of the tidal ponds, has been the most polluted by oil.
■ NOUN
air
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Cigarette smokers pollute the air for other people but take no account of this in deciding how much to smoke.
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Residents of the two cities breathe the same polluted air .
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Short-term measurements were carried out in the drivers' breathing zones by drawing polluted air through a charcoal tube during unloading.
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Paints traditionally were made with volatile organic compounds, which can pollute indoor and outdoor air .
atmosphere
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Likewise the pesticides and weedkillers used in large-scale crop-farming kill plants and wildlife and pollute the atmosphere .
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The dreams of nineteenth-century poets polluted the psychic atmosphere of the great boroughs and suburbs of New York.
environment
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Aluminium smelters are only one of a score of industries which now pollute the total environment with fluoride emissions and solid wastes.
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Who owns the company that is accused of polluting the environment ?
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Catalysts convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide, which is less toxic, but equally polluting to the environment .
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Chlorine bleaching of pulp for paper releases dioxins into rivers and soil, further polluting the environment .
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We have, in fact, as well as polluting our environment chemically also polluted it with radio waves of varying frequencies.
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He used to say it polluted the environment .
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Its only scourge - heavy lorries - rumbling through its streets, polluting the environment and damaging historic buildings.
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Urban ecologists started concerning themselves with children growing up in polluted environments .
plant
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Likewise the pesticides and weedkillers used in large-scale crop-farming kill plants and wildlife and pollute the atmosphere.
river
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It says that the company razed forests, polluted rivers , retarded crop growth and caused birth defects.
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Businesses that polluted the river were fined.
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Transnational oil and mining companies pollute rivers and finance grossly disruptive mines.
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The River Doe Lea is much more polluted than all other rivers in the area.
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Water rising through abandoned mines could pollute rivers , kill wildlife and contaminate drinking water.
water
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Do not pollute fresh water supplies.
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The mine was shut down last August after a spill of polluted water from a waste pond flowed into a nearby river.
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This is generally caused by a decomposing body or bodies polluting the water and is usually accompanied by an unpleasant smell.
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Lawrence River, where she takes samples from polluted water and instructs local residents in environmental sciences.
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As well as not functioning in a submersed situation, dying cells, releasing adverse substances will pollute the water .
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Nitrogen can take up to 20 years to pollute water and, therefore, is a very long term problem.
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The dumps were generating explosive gases and leaching noxious chemicals that polluted underground water sources.
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This wastes food and pollutes the water .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An investigation revealed that the mine was polluting both the air and the groundwater.
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Many of these factories pollute the air with hydrogen sulfide.
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Money has polluted the democratic spirit of American politics.
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The company is charged with polluting the River Mersey by allowing crude oil to enter the river.
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The factory explosion, which polluted the surrounding area with dioxin, was reportedly caused by negligence.
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The group wants to ban logging activities that could pollute the water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As well as not functioning in a submersed situation, dying cells, releasing adverse substances will pollute the water.
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But the association of menstrual blood pollutes her and she loses for ever the pristine purity of a female child.
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Giving companies tax incentives to clean up and use vacant, polluted lots in cities.
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It is believed the spill is continuing to pollute the region.
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The dreams of nineteenth-century poets polluted the psychic atmosphere of the great boroughs and suburbs of New York.
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This would implant an electronic smart card in cars' engine-management systems, to monitor the quantity of polluting emissions.