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vitriolize

[ vi-tree-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

vitriolized, vitriolizing.
  1. to treat with or change into vitriol.
  2. to injure or burn with sulfuric acid.


vitriolize

/ ˈɪٰɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to convert into or treat with vitriol
  2. to burn or injure with vitriol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٰDZˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • r·DZ··tDz noun
  • ܲ·۾·DZ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vitriolize1

First recorded in 1685–95; vitriol + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Schoenberg planned it as an attack on sappiness, explaining that he wanted to “vitriolize out the cello sentimentality of the Bruchs, etc.,” referring to Max Bruch’s elegiac version, among others.

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