adulterateverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/əˈdʌl.tə.reɪt/us/əˈdʌl.tə.reɪt/to make food or drink weaker or to lower its quality, by adding something else:
There were complaints that the beer had been adulterated with water.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Damaging and spoiling
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- bastardize
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- harm
- poison
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- shred
- sour
- tell on sb
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Becoming and making less strong
adulterated
adjective uk/əˈdʌl.tə.reɪ.tɪd/us/əˈdʌl.tə.reɪ.t̬ɪd/
adulterated drugs/food
adulteration
noun [ U ] uk/əˌdʌl.təˈreɪ.ʃən/us/əˌdʌl.təˈreɪ.ʃən/