what does adulterate mean?
ADULTERATE as VERB
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- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
- often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
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Hypernyms(s) adulterate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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ADULTERATE as ADJECTIVE
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