Synonyms of polluting

polluting

verb

present participle of pollute

as in poisoning

to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable

outmoded factories polluting the air

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poisoning
• contaminating
• tainting
• infecting
• defiling
• befouling
• fouling
• dirtying
• staining
• diluting
• soiling
• sullying
• corrupting
• besmirching
• rotting
• blackening
• muddying
• smudging
• adulterating
• spoiling
• miring
• fouling up
• griming
• watering down
• smirching
• begriming
• doctoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleaning
• purifying
• cleansing
• clearing
• purging
• clarifying
• filtering
• distilling
• decontaminating
• sterilizing
• disinfecting
• sanitizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of polluting

Industrial animal agriculture confines and kills billions of animals while polluting waterways and damaging ecosystems. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Now 64, the executive chairman of $17 billion iron ore giant Fortescue is intent on upturning age-old practices in the heavily polluting $3 trillion mining industry. — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

The latter regulation is the state’s backstop climate trading program that puts an ever-stricter cap on emissions across sectors and allows polluting businesses to buy and trade allowances to meet it. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Such plans are contrary to Indonesia’s promises to cut its use of coal, the most heavily polluting major fossil fuel and a significant source of planet-warming emissions. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Environmental groups advocated for SB 954 over concerns that the CEQA exemption could allow heavily polluting facilities to bypass environmental review. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

This novel legal approach, likened to a polluting factory, argues that AI chatbots cause mental harm, provide uncertified advice, and undermine public health and safety. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

This large mass will translate into higher quantities of polluting propellant needed to loft these systems off Earth and a much larger amount of metals vaporizing in Earth's atmosphere during reentry. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Additional pressure on the grid, such as from extreme temperatures, could make margins even thinner and force the use of higher-polluting backup plants. — Alex Music, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2026