adulteration

Day 41Level 1

uh-duhl-tuh-REY-shuhn

contamination

making impure in quality; contamination

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

deterioration, debasement, corruption

Antonyms:

improvement, purification

Example Sentence:

Most of the African countries are suffering from adulteration of food, due to which the death toll is increasing exponentially.

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