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Webster 1913 Edition


Polluting

Pol-lut′ing

,
Adj.
Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
Pol-lut′ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Polluting

POLLU'TING

,
ppr.
Defiling; rendering unclean; corrupting; profaning.

Definition 2024


polluting

polluting

English

Verb

polluting

  1. present participle of pollute

Adjective

polluting (comparative more polluting, superlative most polluting)

  1. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
    • _ And let our polluting powers combine. Super Radiation
      _ Deforestation
      _ Smog
      _ Toxics
      _ Hate
      _ By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
      _ GO POLLUTION!
      (Captain Planet and the Planeteers)

References

  • polluting in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913