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vitriolizes

vitriolizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 vitriolizes

What is vitriolizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vitriolizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vitriolize.

Words near vitriolizes in the dictionary

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

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