vitiating

verb

present participle of vitiate
1
as in tainting
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable believed that luxury vitiates even the most principled person

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2
as in damaging
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of numerous grammatical errors vitiate the effectiveness of your writing

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3
as in degrading
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 vitiating
  1. tainting
  2. damaging
  3. degrading
  4. spoiling
  5. marring
  6. corrupting
  7. poisoning
  8. injuring
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  • For all intents and purposes, an unknown actor can wade unburdened into the depths of Bond, able to transform without a viewer’s prior expectation tainting the image of 007.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • District Court Judge Tony Graf ordered measures to prevent the comments by Utah County prosecutor Christopher Ballard from tainting potential jurors should the case go to trial.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Definition of tainting
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  • Rodriguez pleaded guilty to damaging property occupied by a foreign government, explosive materials—malicious damage to federal property, and receipt or possession of an unregistered firearm.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Conventional launch vehicles secure their payloads inside protective fairings that fall away from the rocket completely once damaging aerodynamic forces disappear in the vacuum of space.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of damaging
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  • Overtourism can be highly problematic for cities, threatening to drive housing crises via short-term rentals, straining infrastructure to the breaking point and degrading local culture.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The material can power reactions such as oxidizing organic molecules, potentially degrading pollutants, sterilizing surfaces, or enabling photocatalytic chemistry to continue later in the dark.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
Definition of degrading
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  • The same relentlessness that built Ackman’s reputation as a scourge of corporate excess—and, to critics, a bully spoiling for a fight—has increasingly spilled beyond balance sheets and boardrooms.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • Without spoiling too much, Rick and Morty make a cameo in the pilot in a very meta scene.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of spoiling
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  • To prevent a similar war from happening again, Menelaus scarred her face, permanently marring her famous beauty.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Lined with live oaks and old-fashioned, busy storefronts, this artsy town on the Gulf of Mexico has no commercial development marring its shoreline.
    — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Definition of marring
Verb
  • Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • An early discussion about social contracts comes down to us in Plato’s dialogue Crito in which Socrates, condemned to death for allegedly corrupting the youth, refused an offer to escape from prison.
    — George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupting
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  • One of Robinson's attorneys, Kathryn Nester, also represented Kouri Richins, who was convicted of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, in March 2022.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • Lewis was accused of poisoning two white female housemates, assaulted by a white mob in response to the charge, and acquitted in court, only to then be accused of stealing art supplies and prohibited from reënrolling.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of poisoning
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  • On November 17, tanks smashed through the gates, injuring and killing students.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Russia has carried out a wave of ballistic missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.
    — Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of injuring
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