water down

verb

Definition of water downnext
as in to dilute
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances watered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices

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  1. dilute
  2. load
  3. dirty
  4. cut
  5. pollute
  6. poison
  7. infect
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  • This liquidity dilutes the value of the U.S. dollar, whose purchasing power and store of wealth are pushed down considerably.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Contrary to the customary fashion photos of that time that diluted the innovation and the technical skills of haute couture, Kublin shot images that magnified Balenciga’s expertise.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of dilute
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  • The Steelers, who enter Week 10 at 6-2 and in first place in the AFC North, are loading up ahead of Tuesday's deadline to aid a postseason run.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The checkup process will start as soon as the tool has loaded, having already analyzed the necessary settings in the background while doing so.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of load
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  • Instead, Walz seems to have little to say about factory farming dirtying the state’s waterways.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Garments can be dirtied again by the elements if air-dried outside.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
Definition of dirty
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  • With the extra attacker out, Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with 26 seconds left in regulation time to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2, but the Sharks could not find the equalizer.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This isn’t the only gentleman-on-gentleman peck cut from the film.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut
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  • So, unlike other synthetic fabrics that shed plastic microparticles, this one doesn’t pollute the environment.
    Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
  • First, polluting surface aquifers that provide drinking water for landholders or their animals.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of pollute
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  • And subsequent research has suggested most of those who were poisoned had been drinking this bootleg alcohol for pleasure or escape, not protection from COVID-19.
    ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The salty water slowly poisons living trees, leaving a haunted ghost forest of dead and dying timber.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of poison
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  • The horse chestnut leaf blotch pathogen overwinters as fruiting bodies in leaves infected during the previous season.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
  • In addition, two commercial chicken farms in California’s Kings County, and a backyard flock in Tulare County, were reported infected on Tuesday.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of infect
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