vitriolize

Etymology

Compare French vitrioliser.

verb

1. (transitive, dated) To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
2. (transitive, dated) To injure (a person) with sulphuric acid, as by throwing it upon the face.
3. (transitive, dated) 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