pollute

pollute

CEFR: A1-A2 /pol-lute/ [p.ah0.l.uw1.t]

To pollute is to make (land, water, air, etc.) dirty and not safe or suitable to use.

The following sentences contain the verb pollute.

Example Sentences:
Car emissions pollute the air.
Hazardous waste from landfills polluted the soils in this forest.
Our beach was polluted by an oil spill.

As you can see the verb pollute is a transitive verb, meaning it takes an object. We can paraphrase the above three sentences using the noun pollution. We can use the phrase ‘cause pollution ’. Let’s see how we do that.

Example Sentences:
Emissions from cars cause air pollution. .
Hazardous waste from landfills caused the pollution of soils.
The pollution of our beach was caused by an oil spill.