vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
is vitiating
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present progressiveof vitiate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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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
