aorto, help me crystalize the concept..

do you mean a reduction to the absurd, robbing of any value:reductio ad absurdum?

or maybe to strip or simplify and distort the meaning: bowdlerize

or to remove or detract from (its meaning) intentionally: weasel

or to purposely confound: spiflicate ;)

or simply to render worthless: stultify, disworth

I don't expect that it's any of these, I'm just trying to zero in.