vitiate

1. (transitive)To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.

   beschädigen

   по́ртитьpórtitʹ, испо́ртитьispórtitʹ

2. (transitive)To debase or morally corrupt.

   verderben

   развраща́тьrazvraščátʹ, разврати́тьrazvratítʹ

   corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

3. (transitive)To make something ineffective, to invalidate.

   make imperfect

4. (archaic, transitive)To violate, to rape.

   наси́ловатьnasílovatʹ, изнаси́ловатьiznasílovatʹ, растлева́тьrastlevátʹ

1. Repeated delays may vitiate the public's confidence in the project.

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2. A constant outflow of skilled workers can vitiate a region's economic growth.

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3. A single biased question can vitiate the results of an entire survey.

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4. The chemical outflow from the factory threatened to vitiate the purity of the river's water.

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5. The scandal threatened to vitiate the trust that the laity had long placed in their leaders.

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