air pollution

Noun

Meaning

pollution of the atmosphere

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

farina epidemiology air bran lint badness dust pollution powder contamination soot sawdust harmfulness efflorescence acid rain
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Antonyms

purity cleanliness blue sky fresh air cleanness of the air lack of air pollution
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Hypernyms

pollution

Hyponyms

miasma acid rain miasm smog smogginess acid precipitation

Examples

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. Ronald Reagan

The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented. Eddie Bernice Johnson

It has come to my attention, that air pollution is polluting the air! George W. Bush

Mr. President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution. Accepting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation. Pope Francis

We wring our hands over the miscarriages of technology and take its benefactions for granted. We are dismayed by air pollution but not proportionately cheered up by, say, the virtual abolition of poliomyelitis. Peter Medawar

I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control. Gale Norton

Close letter words and terms

air pollutant air pollutants air polluter air pollution abatement air pollution control air popper