Pollutant

/pəˈl(j)uːtənt/

Synonyms for "pollutant" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

Related words (7)

Noun(6 words)
impuritiesimpurityindustrial pollutingnon ecologicaltoxic chemical substancetoxicant
Adjective(1 words)
toxic chemical

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
contaminantenvironmental contaminantsubstancewastewaste materialwaste matterwaste product

More specific

6 entries
dioxinheavy metalindustrial solventmercurymicroplasticpesticide residue

Collocations

5 entries
air pollutantenvironmental pollutantpersistent pollutantsoil pollutantwater pollutant

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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We can conclude that this phenomenon is not related to either pollutant.

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Lead is a common environmental pollutant.

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The dead zone’s expansion is believed to be driven by pollutant runoff from farms and cities contaminating the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico and stimulates oxygen-consuming algae growth.

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The agency says a space observation satellite detected significantly lower levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in northern Italy and China’s Hubei province.

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