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pollutionary

pollutionary adjective: of or relating to pollution.

Adjective

pollutionary (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to pollution.
    • No pollutionary matter of any moment escapes from this factory into the sewers, although, if care were not taken, pollution might occur of considerable intensity.1875 January 1, “Vacation Letter. [By an Independent Member.]”, in The Birmingham Daily Post, volume XXIII, number 5,140, Birmingham, published 2 January 1875, →OCLC, page 6, column 1
    • The Chemistry Unit now provides regular operation using the Atomic Absorption Instrument for precise and rapid determination of rather minute quantities of metallic ions present in water. Its usefulness is especially significant in the area of detection of toxic metals, such as lead, chromium and...1969, A Statistical Supplement to the 1969 Annual Report of the Department Of Water & Sewers, City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., →OCLC, page 43
    Synonyms:
    pollutional

Examples of pollutionary in a sentence

  • Its usefulness is especially significant in the area of detection of toxic metals, such as lead, chromium and cadmium which may enter the water supply through pollutionary sources.1969, A Statistical Supplement to the 1969 Annual Report of the Department Of Water & Sewers, City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., →OCLC, page...
  • Thus the concomitant of the booty of FHA suburban loans is the ulcer, the crippling crash, the pollutionary lung cancer, and the highway tax bill that are created by the long auto ride.1970, Arthur I[rwin] Waskow, “The Three-Hundred-Years War”, in Running Riot: A Journey Through the Official Disasters and Creative Disorder...

Synonyms of pollutionary

Origin of pollutionary

From pollution + -ary.

Questions about pollutionary

What does pollutionary mean?
Pollutionary means of or relating to pollution.
How do you use pollutionary in a sentence?
Its usefulness is especially significant in the area of detection of toxic metals, such as lead, chromium and cadmium which may enter the water supply through pollutionary sources.
What part of speech is pollutionary?
Pollutionary is an adjective.

Words near pollutionary in the dictionary

  1. pollution
  2. pollution permit system
  3. pollution permit systems
  4. pollution-free
  5. pollutional
  6. pollutionary
  7. pollutionist
  8. pollutionists
  9. pollutionless
  10. pollutions
  11. pollutive

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