vitiate
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“I see these events as a disturbing pattern which will lead, eventually, to injustice and further vitiate the atmosphere prevailing in some parts of the country and stoke fires and retaliation,” Mr. Lokur said.
From New York Times • May 11, 2022
The rule recognized that new technologies cannot be employed to vitiate the right to be secure promised by the Fourth Amendment.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2021
Millennials have allied with Gen Z, and managed to vitiate the meme in the process by, basically, overdoing it.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2019
In the case of McNally, who presented as a teenage boy throughout a relationship with a teenage girl, the Court of Appeal determined that "deception as to gender can vitiate consent".
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2019
The moisture would vitiate the blast, and part of the metal would be absorbed and part would be mixed with the slags, and in this manner the melting would be greatly damaged.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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