polluting
Releasing harmful substances
Polluting describes the act of contaminating an environment with harmful substances: polluting the river with industrial waste, cars polluting the air.
The word extends beyond physical contamination to corruption or degradation: polluting young minds, polluting the discourse.
Something polluting introduces impurities where they don't belong.
Causing moral decay
- taintingPolluting or corrupting
- defilingCorrupting purity or sanctity
- sullyingDamaging purity or honor
- degradingLowering in worth
debasing · vitiating · contaminating · besmirching · desecrating · profaning · adulterating · poisoning
Substances released into air
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- runoffExcess water drainage
- pesticidesChemicals destroying harmful organisms
fertilizers · leachate · particulates · nitrates · phosphates · dioxins · carcinogens · pathogens
Industrial production facility
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- steelworksIndustrial metal production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
emissions · smelting · petrochemical · discharge · scrubbers
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- exhaustUse up entirely
- ozoneTriatomic oxygen allotrope
- visibilityRange of clear sight
respiratory · airborne · tailpipe · fumes · soot · aerosols · coal-smoke
corrupting
Causing moral decay
- taintingPolluting or corrupting
- defilingCorrupting purity or sanctity
- sullyingDamaging purity or honor
degrading · debasing · vitiating · contaminating · besmirching · desecrating · profaning · adulterating · poisoning · perverting
emissions
Substances released into air
pesticides · fertilizers · leachate · particulates · nitrates · phosphates · dioxins · carcinogens · pathogens · eutrophication
factory
Industrial production facility
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- steelworksIndustrial metal production facility
manufacturing · emissions · smelting · petrochemical · discharge · scrubbers
smog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
visibility · respiratory · airborne · tailpipe · fumes · soot · aerosols · coal-smoke
litter
Scattered waste or debris
trash · sewage · e-waste · plastics · nonbiodegradable · debris · refuse · scrap · junk · fly-tipping
deforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
- contaminationcontaminating, fouling, tainting, poisoning, infecting
- dirtyingsoiling, dirtying, staining, smearing, smudging
- wastingsquandering, frittering, splurging, overspending, misusing
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
pollutingpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
cleaning · cleansing · nonpolluting · unpolluting · decontaminating
pollutingpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
cleansing · cleaning · disinfecting · sanitizing · filtering
- air pollutionToxic atmospheric contamination
- water pollutionHarmful substances in H2O
- noise pollutionHarmful environmental sound
- pollution preventionStopping contaminants at origin
- light pollutionExcessive artificial nighttime brightness
- pollution sourcesOrigins of environmental contamination