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depoˈllute, v.
[f. de- II. 1 + pollute v.]
trans. To cleanse (land, water, etc.) of pollution. Also absol. and depoˈlluted ppl. a.
1967Sunday Times 9 Apr. 31 The cheapest desalted water in the U.S. still costs 10 times as much as depolluted fresh water in water-short areas. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 25 Sept. 25/1 We could depollute the Trent and take our water direct from the main river. 1977Forbes (N.Y.) 1 Oct. 23/2 The steelers have been jumped on to roll back prices, up wages, pay greater taxes, modernize, depollute, compete abroad and a few other hundred contradictory things all at the same time. 1981N.Y. Times 13 Sept. iv. 22/3 That the Thames is being incorporated into the majority of development plans is an outgrowth of successful efforts to depollute a waterway so dirty that in Victorian times, women sold nosegays to pedestrians by Westminster Bridge. |