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as in taints
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
believed that luxury vitiates even the most principled person
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as in damages
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
numerous grammatical errors vitiate the effectiveness of your writing
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as in degrades
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
a penchant for coarse language vitiates what is otherwise a refined literary style
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vitiates
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The film centered on the Environmental Protection Agency encasing the Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield in a dome after Homer taints the area’s water supply.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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For people with celiac disease, gluten triggers an autoimmune response that damages the small intestine.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Scientists think that chronic inflammation damages the brain and increases the risk of dementia.—
Dana G. Smith,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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But that study measured the shoes after 280 miles, leaving it unclear how much the foam degrades in 50 or 100 miles.—
Jonathan Beverly,
Outside,
26 Dec. 2025
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As the biofilm degrades, sludge settles in a secondary clarifier.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Dec. 2025
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Conveniently located close to iconic sights, the downtown hotel spoils with a rooftop pool, buzzy restaurant, and bar in a sensory-rich, art-laden setting.—
Kathryn Streeter,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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Pre-cut produce also spoils quicker and could pick up pathogens when sliced open.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2025
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California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
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In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Nov. 2025
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An overreliance on tools weakens our civilization (and saps the film’s dramatic thrills).—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ignoring this reality weakens any serious climate plan.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Instead of a warning event, Expeditions imagines the historical fall that corrupts the Earth.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
21 Dec. 2025
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Rather than simply attacking YoungBoy, Choppa frames himself as a corrective force, casting YoungBoy as someone who corrupts impressionable listeners.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Vitiates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vitiates. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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