VITIATE

= **__Vitiate__** = =verb= to corrupt morally; to contaminate Sentence from the book: Mark claims that prisons simply **vitiate** the spirits of the inmates.

synonyms: defile; devalue; spoil antonyms: purify; clarify; cleanse

Original Sentence: The spirits of the young girls in the short story 'Currents' are vitiated by the emotionally disturbing death of the young Filipino boy.

Anakin Skywalker is vitiated by the dark side of the force, causing him to betray the Jedi and become Darth Vader.