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Define Adulterate
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Adulterate (verb) — to make something poorer in quality by adding inferior, foreign, or harmful substances; to debase or corrupt.
- Pronunciation: uh-DUHL-tuh-rayt (əˈdʌltəreɪt)
- Usage: usually transitive — e.g., "They adulterated the olive oil with cheaper oil."
- Noun form: adulteration — the act or result of adulterating.
- Synonyms: contaminate, taint, dilute, debase.
- Antonyms: purify, refine, cleanse.
- Etymology: from Latin adulterāre, from ad- + alter (other).
- Pronunciation: uh-DUHL-tuh-rayt (əˈdʌltəreɪt)
- Usage: usually transitive — e.g., "They adulterated the olive oil with cheaper oil."
- Noun form: adulteration — the act or result of adulterating.
- Synonyms: contaminate, taint, dilute, debase.
- Antonyms: purify, refine, cleanse.
- Etymology: from Latin adulterāre, from ad- + alter (other).
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