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adjective

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as in contaminated

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fouled

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verb

past tense of foul
1
as in stained
to make dirty the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease

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2
as in polluted
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable industrial pollution fouling the water supply

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as in humiliated
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations

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4
as in decomposed
to go through decomposition unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls, locate the compost heap away from the house

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  1. contaminated
  2. poisoned
  3. disintegrated
  4. tainted
  5. degraded
  6. impure
Adjective
  • Carnivorous mammals can contract it by coming into contact with infected birds or a contaminated environment.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Salmonella can be spread via contaminated water errantly used to irrigate crops, according to the CDC.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of contaminated
Verb
  • Haunting pictures of rows of small bodies covered in white sheets—some of the 400 children who were poisoned in the attack—became emblematic of the Assad regime’s cruelty.
    Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Poisoned Data, Poisoned Outcomes One of the biggest dangers in the AI supply chain is poisoned training data.
    Steve Wilson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of poisoned
Verb
  • Yet as the Syrian military rapidly disintegrated, Iran was notably absent.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The relationship with William and Kate had already disintegrated, as well as with a number of the staff at Kensington Palace, and tensions with media had been in overdrive.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of disintegrated
Adjective
  • But, despite its tainted origins, blood quantum is still a part of many tribes’ contemporary policies.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Doctors at the surgical center became wary of the tainted IV bags in August 2022 after an 18-year-old patient had to be rushed to the intensive care unit during a routine sinus surgery, the Justice Department said.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of tainted
Verb
  • When the tile degraded, the gaps were filled in with livestock bones.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That’s good news, considering phosphorous pollution has degraded water quality in the Everglades for decades and remains a challenge.
    Rebecca Blackwell, Sun Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of degraded
Adjective
  • Pop entered a renaissance thanks to smart young women sharing impure thoughts.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Wad, perhaps the most abundant, is a dark-brown-to-black, very soft, earthy mineral that is commonly considered an impure hydrous oxide of manganese.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of impure
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