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- pronunciation:
- vI
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eIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
vitiates, vitiating, vitiated |
| definition 1: |
to make (a legal document or the like) ineffective or invalid.
This new evidence vitiates your testimony.- synonyms:
- annul, invalidate, nullify, undo, void
- similar words:
- abrogate, cancel, countermand, rescind, retract, revoke, sabotage, undermine
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| definition 2: |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil.
The recent bombing vitiated the climate of reconciliation.- synonyms:
- impair, mar, spoil, taint, tarnish
- antonyms:
- enhance
- similar words:
- adulterate, alloy, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blight, contaminate, corrupt, cut, defile, dilute, foul, pollute, smirch, soil, stain, sully, weaken
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| related words: |
abate, disparage, flaw, impair, infect, negate, nullify, pervert, void |
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| derivations: |
vitiable (adj.), vitiation (n.) |
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