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Definition of Polluting
1. a. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
Definition of Polluting
1. Verb. (present participle of pollute) ¹
2. Adjective. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polluting
1. pollute [v] - See also: pollute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polluting
Literary usage of Polluting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Environment in the Transition to a Market Economy: Progress in Central and by Anthony Zamparutti, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"... Box 7.2 Highly polluting CEEC/NIS industries identified by the EAP Industry
... suggesting that at least some of the highly polluting heavy industries ..."
2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edvard Westermarck (1908)
"... law enjoining the exposure of the dead was closely connected with the sacredness
ascribed to fire and earth and the consequent dread of polluting them. ..."
3. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... polluting the whole place with the blood and corpses of the slain. Some few,
however, escaped the common danger, and returning home, related there the ..."