Contaminates

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of contaminate form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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pollutefoulpollutecorruptfoilsoil

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"This pollution, known as acid mine drainage, contaminates roughly 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) of West Virginia waterways. It's a legacy of more than a century of coal mining in the region."

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