ALLOYED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

alloyed

adjective

as in polluted

containing foreign or lower-grade substances alloyed aluminum, containing either copper or silicon, is much stronger than pure aluminum for cookware

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The germ theory of disease was a huge step forward, helping doctors understand that polluted water sources spread disease, and then helping to develop antibiotics.

— Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
By late Thursday afternoon, Chicago had overtaken Detroit, Minneapolis and Toronto as the most polluted major city in the world, according to Swiss air quality company IQAir.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of polluted

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Both cooking and cleaning vinegars contain a diluted solution of acetic acid that is safe for use at home.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
To help mitigate both pests and diseases, isolate the plant and treat infestations with safe, diluted systemic insecticides, such as organic neem oil.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026

Definition of diluted

Adjective

Finally, the third recruits seaweed to gather minerals that are otherwise too dilute to chase.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Clean and disinfect your pruning shears between working on each plant by dipping them into a dilute 10% solution of chlorine bleach water or rubbing alcohol.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

Definition of dilute

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Sarah Dempster, an architect for Populous, said other baseball stadium projects in Atlanta, Chicago and Denver have successfully created walkable mixed-use districts around stadiums that are unique to their cities.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
As examples of the mismanagement, Yiannas noted the outbreak’s extreme size—already well over double the typical number of cases seen in recent years—as well as mixed messaging and confusion among consumers.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

Definition of mixed

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In our demonizing present, the story of such a pioneering truth-teller speaks powerfully to the needs of our blended American future.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Baker, and Latimore explained to THR how the blended family of raising six children between them and Tiffany impacts this final season.

— Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Definition of blended

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Beyond the contaminated water, Detwiler says, they're linked to frequent illness outbreaks and can be notoriously difficult to trace back to their source.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 23 July 2026
In Michigan alone, more than 7,000 have fallen ill with the nasty foodborne disease, which causes severe diarrhea, and comes from exposure to a parasite in contaminated water used to wash or irrigate crops.

— Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of contaminated

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Wise’s wistful songwriting is retained, but completely missing is his intentionally impure palette.

— Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
Kanto practitioners believe that women cannot participate because, according to Japan's Shinto religion, women's blood from menstruation and childbirth is considered impure for the purpose of religious rituals.

— Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of impure

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