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adjective

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as in contaminated

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fouled

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verb

past tense of foul
1
as in stained
to make dirty the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease

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as in polluted
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable industrial pollution fouling the water supply

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as in humiliated
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations

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as in decomposed
to go through decomposition unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls, locate the compost heap away from the house

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