adulterate
to make impure
TRANSLATION
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STATISTICS
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Unfortunately, about half of India's subsidised kerosene never makes it to household stoves, he says. It is diverted to the black market, where it is either sold at a higher price or used to ADULTERATE diesel, which sells for about 30 rupees per litre.
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adulterate
verb
1. to make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
2. to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance; especially: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients.
Source: Merriam-Websters Medical Dictionary
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Etymology: Latin adulteratus, past participle of adulterare, from ad- + alter other
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SYNONYMS
make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, defile, contaminate, pollute, foul, sully; doctor, tamper with, mix, lace, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken; bastardize, corrupt;
informal cut, load, spike, dope;
These verbs also mean to make impure or inferior by adding foreign substances to something:
- ADULTERATED coffee with ground acorns
- silver DEBASED with copper
- DOCTORED wine with water
- rag paper LOADED with wood fibre
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say something like:
“Jim was late again with car problems. This time it was adulterated diesel in his fuel tank.”
verb
1. to make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
2. to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance; especially: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients.
Source: Merriam-Websters Medical Dictionary
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Etymology: Latin adulteratus, past participle of adulterare, from ad- + alter other
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SYNONYMS
make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, defile, contaminate, pollute, foul, sully; doctor, tamper with, mix, lace, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken; bastardize, corrupt;
informal cut, load, spike, dope;
These verbs also mean to make impure or inferior by adding foreign substances to something:
- ADULTERATED coffee with ground acorns
- silver DEBASED with copper
- DOCTORED wine with water
- rag paper LOADED with wood fibre
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
“Jim was late again with car problems. This time it was adulterated diesel in his fuel tank.”
