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vitriolized

vitriolized is the simple past and past participle of vitriolize.

Meaning of vitriolize

Verb

vitriolize (third-person singular simple present vitriolizes, present participle vitriolizing, simple past and past participle vitriolized)

  1. (dated, transitive) To convert into a vitriol.
    Synonyms:
    vitriol, vitriolate
  2. (dated, transitive) To injure (a person) with sulfuric acid, as by throwing it upon the face.
  3. (dated, transitive) To poison with vitriol.
    • Similarly, Something for Everyone was described as “an innocent seeming piece of Bavarian chocolate that has been vitriolized by hypodermic injection.”2008, Lincoln Geraghty, Mark Jancovich, The Shifting Definitions of Genre, page 99

Questions about vitriolized

What is vitriolized the simple past and past participle of?
Vitriolized is the simple past and past participle of vitriolize.

Words near vitriolized in the dictionary

  1. vitriolism
  2. vitriolizable
  3. vitriolization
  4. vitriolizations
  5. vitriolize
  6. vitriolized
  7. vitriolizes
  8. vitriolizing
  9. vitriolled
  10. vitriolling
  11. vitriolous

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