adulterate
61devalue — I verb adulterate, belittle, cheapen, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debase, debauch, defile, degenerate, degrade, denature, depreciate, depress, deteriorate, dilute, disable, disparage, impair, pollute, reduce, taint II index adulterate, corrupt …
62infect — I verb adulterate, befoul, besmirch, blight, canker, cause illness, contaminare, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, dirty, empoison, envenom, foul, harm, impair, make ill, make impure, pervert, poison, pollute, putrefy, render unclean, smirch …
63lessen — I verb abate, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, adulterate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, bate, belittle, boil down, calumniate, censure, check, compress, condense, contract, curb, curtail, cut, cut down, decimate, decline, decrease, decry,… …
64pollute — I verb adulterate, alloy, befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, degrade, denaturalize, deprave, desecrate, destroy, dirty, dishonor, filthify, foul, grime, impair, infect, maculate, make foul …
65taint — / tānt/ vt: to damage or destroy the validity of evidence taint ed by an illegal search taint n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
66contaminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. corrupt, infect, taint, pollute, soil; defile, sully, befoul, stain, dirty; debauch, deprave, degrade. See deterioration, uncleanness.Ant., purify. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. taint, pollute, defile,… …
67bastardize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. debase, pervert, degrade, adulterate; see corrupt 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. debase, defile, degrade, adulterate, corrupt, ruin, spoil. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To ruin utterly in character or quality:… …
68debase — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. corrupt, pervert, deprave, debauch, humble, degrade, cheapen, devalue, demean, lower, abase, vitiate; see also corrupt 1 . Syn. debase implies generally a lowering in quality, value, dignity, etc. [ greed had debased his… …
69dilute — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. water down, reduce, thin; see adulterate , weaken 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. thin, water down, reduce, weaken, diminish, rarefy, attenuate, *cut, adulterate, moderate. ANT.: concentrate, enrich, strengthen III… …
70falsify — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. distort, adulterate, counterfeit, misrepresent; see deceive , forge 1 , lie 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. forge, fake, distort, misrepresent, adulterate, doctor, alter, misstate, dissemble, stretch, embroider. III… …
