vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
had vitiated
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past perfectof vitiate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In the view of dissidents like Smith, however, news photography had vitiated itself through overproduction.
From Time Magazine Archive
I fear association with Duncan had vitiated my taste.
From The Fortune Hunter by Louis Joseph Vance
The immense agglomeration had vitiated the atmosphere of the valley.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
No wonder that in spite of all reverses, and until absorption of foreign poisons had vitiated the blood of her sons or fratricidal strife had spilled it, Rome saw the world at her feet.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
Moreover, the desire to make intricately beautiful, right enough in itself, had vitiated, as it was bound to do, the taste of architect and builder.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Addleshaw
