polluting

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infectious adj.
pollution n.

ADJECTIVE

infectious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contagious toxic virulent

WEAK

communicable contaminating corrupting defiling diseased epidemic infective mephitic miasmic noxious pestilent pestilential poisoning transferable transmittable vitiating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

harmless nonpoisonous

WEAK

antiseptic germless non-infectious uncommunicable uncontagious

NOUN

pollution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abuse corruption deterioration infection

STRONG

adulteration blight decomposition defilement desecration dirtying foulness impairment impurity misuse profanation rottenness soiling spoliation taint uncleanness vitiation

WEAK

besmearing besmirching fouling greenhouse effect tainting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sterility

WEAK

cleanliness purification

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polluting

That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

But their desire to build these AI-processing plants faster than ever has resulted in sprawling, polluting, noisy, thirsty complexes more reminiscent of the industrial revolution than the era of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Older, more polluting vehicles had to pay a daily charge to drive in central London.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Tanya Sinclair, the boss of industry group Electric Vehicles UK, criticised the government for "asking whether we should extend the availability of polluting vehicles amid our hottest summer on record."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

“It’s so peaceful here. This is what life is all about. No cell phones, no iPods, no cars driving by polluting our lungs.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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