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Answer for the clue "Making less pure ", 12 letters:
adulterating

Word definitions for adulterating in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn: adulterant ] [ant: purifying ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
adulterating \adulterating\ adj. making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin; -- of impurities. the adulterating effect of extraneous materials purifying Syn: adulterant making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; -- of people. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of adulterate English)

Usage examples of adulterating.

She insisted that she had surreptitiously taped Chris and another pilot giggling about adulterating drug tests so they could fool their airline.

Crome, I thought, looked at him with a tinge of dislike adulterating the usual calm superiority.