Vitiate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
Make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The imperfections in the glass vitiated its transparency, making it difficult to see through clearly.
- Unfortunately, his sharp tongue often vitiated his witty remarks, turning people off from his humor.
- A single careless mistake could vitiate the entire experiment and render the results invalid.
- The background noise sufficiently vitiated the audio quality, requiring re-recording of the interview.
- Her habitual procrastination tended to vitiate her otherwise excellent academic performance.
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Meaning 3
Take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..