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adulterate

uh duhl tuh rayt

  • v  corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
    adulterate liquor
  • s  mixed with impurities

  • The adulteration of milk with a synthetic liquid by unscrupulous people was a big scandal in the town.
  • The plant managers willfully adulterated the product in order to meet the demand.
  • These middlemen are likely to possess the technology necessary to adulterate raw milk.
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  • John Toshack in Sportinglife.com
    Toshack added: "And I feel now that it is all over for this World Cup, two points from five games is not good enough and Austria will think they can catch Poland and England. But we must not adulterate the competition, we must be professional for...

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