vitiate

🇬🇧 UK/'viʃieit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To impair or spoil the quality or effectiveness of something; to corrupt morally; to make legally invalid.

使变质;使堕落;使失效

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
vitiroot
+
ateto make, having
=vitiate

Common Collocations

  • 1.vitiate the claim破坏论据
  • 2.vitiate evidence使失效
  • 3.vitiate the argument损害声誉

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Corruption can vitiate even the most well-intentioned policies within government.

  • 2.

    Her testimony would vitiate the defendant's alibi if presented in court.

  • 3.

    Personal scandal has the power to vitiate one's professional reputation.

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