vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
vitiating
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present participleof vitiate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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PBS SoCal does not value its own programs by vitiating the viewer’s experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
But a large Jeff Koons piece is droning nearby, vitiating thought with its generic monotone of irony.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2015
Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2013
Pakistan summoned Afghanistan's chargé d'affaires on Thursday to protest "an unprovoked firing incident" that is "vitiating the friendly relations and creating avoidable tension between the two brotherly countries," the Pakistani foreign ministry said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2013
There had even been dark hours when it had seemed possible that the vitiating effect of Washington life might cause deterioration in the character of even the most upright.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett
