vitiation
Example Sentences
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No man ever struggled to retain power over a mixed multitude without suffering vitiation; his standard must be their lower needs and not his own best insight.
From Romola by George Eliot
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 Hilaire Belloc
Perhaps this is a vitiation due to that malady of mankind called civilization; but a woman in squalid poverty would exert no fascination over me, were she attractive as Homer's Galatea, the fair Helen.
From The Magic Skin by Ellen Marriage
They are not, however, constant, since the so-called "impurities," which on combustion cause vitiation of the air, vary greatly in amount according to the extent to which the gases have been purified.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds
Will society do for the safety of this young soul what the doctor does for the body, when it is a question of contending against hereditary vitiation?
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Eugène Sue
