Meaning Of The Word Adulterate

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Adulterate Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Adulterate?

adulterate
If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.

adulterate in American English
guilty of adultery; adulterous
to make inferior, impure, not genuine, etc. by adding a harmful, less valuable, or prohibited substance
adjective: adulterated
transitive verb: to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article)

adulterate in British English
adjective: adulterated; debased or impure
verb: to debase by adding inferior material

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