vitiation

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This is not a proper estimate to offer; but it will give a just idea of the rapid and fearful vitiation of the air that took place within the enclosure.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.

Such of the foregoing remarks as apply to the results of the vitiation of the pure form of republican government delivered to America by Washington, I have hazarded with very great diffidence.

From The Englishwoman in America by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Its vitiation of the atmosphere may be counteracted by proper ventilation and there remains only the disadvantage of keeping it in order and of accidental breakage and overturning.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

Why are we insensible to the gradual vitiation of the air of an unventilated room?

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

If this be true of news and of its vitiation through the Press, it is still truer of opinions and suggested ideas.

From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire