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English to English verb
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corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |  | Example: debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Do school counselors subvert young children?
corrupt the morals
source: wordnet30
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make imperfect | | Example: nothing marred her beauty
source: wordnet30
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take away the legal force of or render ineffective | | Example: invalidate a contract
source: wordnet30
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To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. | | source: webster1913
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