Definition of "vitiates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vitiate. (verb)

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• "And as in a mathematical demonstration an error in the original number disturbs the whole calculation which follows, this fundamental uncertainty about the word vitiates all the applications of it."
• "The overuse of bold to modify Godwin’s word vitiates its potency."
• "The is no plan to end the CIA's longstanding collaboration with corrupt, unpopular warlords (including the Mafia style, illiterate boss of Oruzgan province) whose dominance vitiates the scheme to work around Karzai's inept central government."