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vitiate

/ˈvɪʃieɪt/verb

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दूषित करना, बिगाड़ना, खराब करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sth formal

    to spoil or reduce the quality or effectiveness of something

    दूषित करना, बिगाड़ना, खराब करना

    • Smoke from the factories vitiates the air of the city.
    • Communal speeches vitiated the atmosphere.
    • Fumes from the traffic vitiate the air near the main road.
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    • Rumours can vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in a school.
    • Bitter quarrels vitiated the whole meeting.

    Synonyms spoil impair damage contaminate corrupt

    Opposite purify improve enhance cleanse

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth law

    to make an agreement or a contract no longer legally effective

    (अनुबंध) अमान्य करना

    • Fraud vitiates the contract.
    • Hidden conditions may vitiate a contract and make it void.
    • Any false statement will vitiate the agreement.
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    • The court held that the threat had vitiated the contract.
    • A mistake over the price could vitiate the sale.

    Synonyms invalidate nullify void annul

    Opposite validate ratify

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

vi·ti·ate

Spelling and pronunciation: vi-ti-ate, with -tiate pronounced /ʃieɪt/ (not 'visiate' or 'vitate').

Spelling और pronunciation में vi-ti-ate, अंत में -tiate, ध्वनि /ʃieɪt/ ('visiate' या 'vitate' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the spoil words together: vitiate (lower quality), impair (weaken), taint (spoil with a bad quality), adulterate (make impure by adding).

बिगाड़ने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: vitiate (गुणवत्ता घटाना), impair (कमज़ोर करना), taint (बुरे गुण से दूषित करना), adulterate (मिलाकर अशुद्ध करना)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Vitiate the atmosphere (spoil the mood, often of communal harmony), vitiated air.

Collocations: vitiate the atmosphere (माहौल बिगाड़ना, प्रायः सांप्रदायिक सद्भाव का), vitiated air।