What is another word for vitiates?

Pronunciation: [vˈɪʃɪˌe͡ɪts] (IPA)

Vitiates is a verb that means to spoil, corrupt or weaken something. There are several synonyms for vitiates, including dilute, impair, damage, taint, spoil, undermine, mar, sabotage, sully, and compromise. These words suggest the idea of something being diminished or eroded in its quality or effectiveness. For instance, dilute refers to something becoming weaker or less potent, while undermine implies a slow but gradual weakening or erosion of something. Sabotage, on the other hand, suggests a deliberate act of destruction or harm. Overall, the synonyms for vitiates serve to express the many different ways in which something can become compromised or diminished in value or strength.

What are the hypernyms for Vitiates?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Vitiates

Of course if we suppose that faith is something contrary to the law of the Universe we at once import into our thought the negative quality which entirely vitiates our action.
"The Law and the Word"
Thomas Troward
It is easy for us now to say that the intrusion of self-interest in any good work vitiates its value to a great extent; but must we not reflect that we owe this conception to Christ?
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell
He will think and speak reverently of life in all its phases, and help to cleanse the language-written or spoken-of all that pollutes the heart or vitiates the imagination.
"Almost A Man"
Mary Wood-Allen

Famous quotes with Vitiates

  • It is not in Science only that Plato is misled by his Method. The same confidence in deduction from unverified premisses vitiates his teaching in every other department of inquiry, moral and political
    Plato

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