vitiating

present participle of vitiate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vitiating
Verb
  • And around all this, the whiff of Epstein is tainting the president's achievements.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • China has rejected the accusation and accused the Philippines of damaging the coral reef ecosystem in the waterway instead.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • To get a much clearer look at its fine details and avoid damaging the specimen, the research team used highly powerful synchrotron CT scans from facilities in France and the UK.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wall Street anticipated interest rates to be eased in recent weeks, following hotter-than-expected jobs data that indicated the labor market was degrading at a faster pace than projected, and inflation, which ticked up again in August while still above the central bank’s 2% goal.
    Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Furthermore, a protective crystalline layer is then applied to the tape to prevent the DNA from degrading.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Without spoiling the actual ending, you guys do not die.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Without spoiling anyone’s fate, suffice to say the movie ends on a cliffhanger, as a favorite character teeters between life and death.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Boston comes in with three straight losses marring otherwise agreeable vibes.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The additional time exposed to harsh radiation is, not surprisingly, corrupting JunoCam's images.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This comes as reports continue to roll in that another August update fail has been corrupting PC SSDs when writing large files.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sherrilyn McQueen, who has published more than 80 novels that reached the New York Times bestseller list under the name Sherrilyn Kenyon, first accused her ex-husband Lawrence Kenyon of poisoning her in a lawsuit in 2019, a year after her husband filed for divorce.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Symptoms of salmonella poisoning Symptoms of salmonella infection usually start six hours to six days after swallowing the bacteria.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Colorado Springs club shooting A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in November 2022 in Colorado Springs shortly before midnight and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others before patrons confronted and stopped him, police said.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect was indicted by a federal grand jury in July and is also accused of shooting and injuring another state lawmaker and his wife earlier the same day.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Vitiating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vitiating. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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