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    vitiate
    /ˈvɪʃɪeɪt/

    verb

    • 1. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of: formal "development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishVITIATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    verb [ T ] formal uk / ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt / us / ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt / Add to word list. to destroy or damage something: He said that American military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Deteriorating and making worse. add. admin. aggravate. backslide. be downhill idiom. debase. deteriorate.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › vitiateVitiate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of VITIATE is to make faulty or defective : impair. How to use vitiate in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Vitiate.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › vitiateVITIATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Vitiate definition: to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. . See examples of VITIATE used in a sentence.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryVITIATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    verb [ T ] formal us / ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt / uk / ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt / Add to word list. to destroy or damage something: He said that American military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Deteriorating and making worse. add. admin. aggravate. backslide. be downhill idiom. debase. deteriorate.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › vitiateVitiate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Vitiate is often used when a legal agreement is made invalid, but it can also refer to the debasement or corruption of something or someone. If a malicious five-year-old on the playground teaches the other children to lie with their fingers crossed, she would be responsible for vitiating the playground community.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishVITIATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. to make faulty or imperfect. 2. to debase, pervert, or corrupt. 3. to destroy the force or legal effect of (a deed, etc) to vitiate a contract. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishvitiate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    vitiate something to destroy or reduce the effect of something. The ‘yes’ vote was vitiated by the low turnout in the election.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › vitiateVitiate - definition of vitiate by The Free Dictionary

    1. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. 2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of. 3. to debase; corrupt; pervert. 4. to make legally invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › vitiateVitiate Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Dictionary Meanings. Vitiate Definition. vĭshē-āt. vitiated, vitiates, vitiating. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Filter. verb. vitiated, vitiates, vitiating. To reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil. American Heritage. To make imperfect, faulty, or impure; spoil; corrupt. Webster's New World.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › vitiatevitiate | meaning of vitiate in Longman Dictionary of...

    vitiate meaning, definition, what is vitiate: to make something less effective or spoi...: Learn more.

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