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Adjective adulterate has 1 sense

adulterate, adulterated, debased - mixed with impurities
Antonym: pure (indirect, via impure)

Verb adulterate has 1 sense

adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
--₁ is one way to corrupt, spoil

Derived forms: noun adulterant₁, noun adulterator₁, noun adulterator₂
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