adulterate

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I - verb

corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;
often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- adulterate liquor
• Syn:
load, stretch, dilute, debase
• Derivationally related forms:
debasement (for: debase), dilution (for: dilute), adulterant, adulterator
• Hypernyms:
corrupt, spoil
• Hyponyms:
water down, sophisticate, doctor, doctor up
• Verb Group:
extend, stretch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

II - adjective

mixed with impurities
• Syn:
adulterated, debased
• Similar to:
impure

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  adulterated, debased, load, stretch, dilute, debase