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English verb: vitiate | |||
| 1. | vitiate (social) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | ||
| Samples | Debauch the young people with wine and women. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men. Do school counselors subvert young children?. Corrupt the morals. | ||
| Synonyms | corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bastardise, bastardize, carnalise, carnalize, infect, lead astray, lead off, poison, sensualise, sensualize, suborn | ||
| 2. | vitiate (change) make imperfect | ||
| Samples | Nothing marred her beauty. | ||
| Synonyms | deflower, impair, mar, spoil | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | damage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blemish, cloud, corrupt, deface, defile, disfigure, sully, taint | ||
| 3. | vitiate (change) take away the legal force of or render ineffective | ||
| Samples | Invalidate a contract. | ||
| Synonyms | invalidate, void | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Antonyms | validate | ||
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