dirty#3 (a)
contaminating#2 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def spreading pollution or contamination
def especially radioactive contamination
examples the air near the foundry was always dirty
a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form dirty → dirt; dirty → dirtiness
Antonym dirty → clean
Incoming links
Antonym clean → dirty
Derivationally related form dirtiness → dirty; dirt → dirty

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