unpollute

unpollute verb: to remove pollutants from; to purify.

Verb

unpollute (third-person singular simple present unpollutes, present participle unpolluting, simple past and past participle unpolluted)

(transitive) To remove pollutants from; to purify.
- Suppose the President were to say (copying some language used once before) that, before the end of this decade, we shall unpollute the Great Lakes.1970, Monograph - Issues 11-14, page 85
- And it is now time for the industry to fully realize that it cannot escape its responsibility to unpollute the American drinking environment, just as other industries have found that they cannot escape their responsibility to unpollute the natural environment.1975, Morris E. Chafetz, Research, Treatment, and Prevention

If he wants to unpollute something, let him unpollute the movies.1979, Richard Adler, All in the family: a critical appraisal, page 80:
How can we throw off the mantle of ethical invisibility and, at the same time, unpollute the atmosphere and the environment, and, as one black poet wrote, "clean out the world for virtue and love"?1992, Richard Kenneth Barksdale, Praisesong of Survival: Lectures and Essays, 1957-89, page 51:

third-person singular present	unpollutes
present participle	unpolluting
past participle	unpolluted
past	unpolluted

From un- + pollute.

What does unpollute mean?: Unpollute means to remove pollutants from; to purify.
How do you use unpollute in a sentence?: If he wants to unpollute something, let him unpollute the movies.
What part of speech is unpollute?: Unpollute is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpollute?: The past tense of unpollute is unpolluted.

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