vitiate
[adjective]
Synonyms: debased, corrupted, debauched, depraved, perverted, vitiated
[verb]
Synonyms: injure, blemish, damage, harm, hurt, impair, mar, prejudice, spoil, tarnish, debase, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, warp, abolish, abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, undo

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Antonyms: purified, purify
Related Idioms: drive to the dogs
Related Words: twist, warp, defile, soil, sully, taint, prostitute, contaminate

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vi‧ti‧ate /ˈvɪʃieɪt/ verb [transitive] formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of vitiare, from vitium; ⇒ vice]
to make something less effective or spoil it

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