toxic waste

noun

: unwanted chemicals that are the result of manufacturing or industry and that are poisonous to living things

The company was fined for dumping toxic waste into the river.

toxic waste dumps/sites

Toxic wastes were detected in the soil samples.

Examples of toxic waste in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When Two Mutations Cancel Out A new study on argininosuccinate lyase, or ASL, a protein your body needs to safely process and remove toxic waste productsand genetic mutations, provides a compelling example of a genetic puzzle coming together in just the right way. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Business owners had to clean up the charred debris and toxic waste on their properties. —Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026

Clean energy from toxic waste Bio-tar – the thick liquid by-product produced when heating biomass and organic matter – has long been viewed as toxic to the environment and an unavoidable cost of renewable energy production. —The Week Uk, TheWeek, 30 Dec. 2025

Advertisement Extreme flooding can also submerge Superfund toxic waste dumps. —Cynthia Palmer, Time, 9 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for toxic waste

• aftertaste
• interfaced
• interlaced
• abased
• barefaced
• debased
• defaced
• disgraced
• displaced
• distaste
• effaced
• embraced