vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
was vitiating
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past progressiveof vitiate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The air was vitiating rapidly; they could not both live through the night.
From The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Bannister Merwin
