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Substance That Decreases Purity Crossword Clue

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adjective

• making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials

noun

• any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance

31%7Decreases the purity
adjective

• reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity

verb

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

28%9 Associated with the concept of racial purity and purity laws
noun

• an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black

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