pollution
/pəˈl(j)uːʃn̩/ · noun
Meaning
- The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation.
- The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission.
- Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.
- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
- Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
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