pollute
verb (used with object)
to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty.
had polluted
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past perfectof pollute.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The company was additionally required to pay $50 million to the community it had polluted.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2024
The windmill wells near his house functioned but had polluted water.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Rolfe’s trial was moved almost a thousand miles from Alice Springs to Darwin because of concerns that public meetings and rallies had polluted the jury pool.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2022
Elena Alvarez said the mine had polluted a river which she used for drinking water for herself and her farm animals, affecting her health, her cattle, and her finances.
From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2021
I had fostered the hope that if they succeeded in corrupting our gentry, they had polluted their own Peerage.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
