Pollute and Sterilize

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Pollute

Pollute verb - To make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable.
Usage example: outmoded factories polluting the air
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Sterilize is an antonym for pollute in topics: contaminate, corrupt.
Nearby Words: pollution, polluting, pollutant, polluter

Sterilize

Sterilize verb - Make free from bacteria.
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Pollute is an antonym for sterilize.
Nearby Words: sterile, sterilise, sterilised, sterility, sterilization
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Common collocations

area pollute area sterilize area
earth pollute earth sterilize earth
world pollute world sterilize world
planet pollute planet sterilize planet
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Sterilize and Pollute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pollute/sterilize
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Sterilize or Pollute. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pollute/sterilize.

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