Pollute and Sanitize

Pollute

Pollute verb - To make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable.
Usage example: outmoded factories polluting the air

Sanitize is an antonym for pollute in contaminate topic.

Sanitize

Sanitize verb - Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing.
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Synonyms for Sanitize

Pollute is an antonym for sanitize.

Common collocations

area pollute area sanitize area
world pollute world sanitize world
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Sanitize and Pollute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pollute/sanitize
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