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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  • As the identity of everyone is obvious and the timeline of events is precise, this does not dilute the film’s impact.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • These delays repeatedly ceded the initiative to Moscow and diluted the effectiveness of U.S. aid, prolonging the conflict and diminishing Kyiv’s negotiating leverage.
    Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of dilute
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  • Court records show Corcoran asked Nieto's then 7-year-old daughter Melanie to stay in an upstairs bedroom before loading a rifle, a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic, and going to the living room, where his brother and his friends were watching TV.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The women don’t really engage with the board, but the rest of the guests absolutely load up.
    Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 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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  • Now, his 2025 budget proposal calls for cutting even more police positions, training divisions and mental health resources for officers.
    Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As the weather cools, often in October, stop cutting blooms and let rose hips form.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of cut
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  • According to the United Nation Environment Programme, people produce 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, polluting water supplies.
    Leigh Cuen, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • By Zoë Schlanger When delegates of the world gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week for the most important yearly meeting on climate change, their meetings will overlook a reeking lake, polluted by the oil fields on the other side.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of pollute
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  • Dexter’s first kill, initiated by the nurse poisoning Harry when he’s hospitalized after a heart attack, is intercut with Deb’s high school volleyball game.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Moscow’s disastrous war in Afghanistan in the 1980s poisoned its relations with the Muslim world, and even contributed to the collapse of the Soviet state.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of poison
Verb
  • The wound on her arm is infected and making her woozy.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Although human infections in the United States have been rare, according to the CDC, bird flu has infected 60 people since April.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of infect
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