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
It was a time of widespread support for cleaning up the environment after unchecked greed had polluted our air and water and wiped out some of our most iconic species.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
The failure of the first police investigation had polluted all later attempts to gather evidence and get to the truth.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
The care taken in the commissariat department, and especially in the water supply, in a country where the enemy had polluted the wells, accounted for the general good health of the invading army.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
