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List of meaning for defile

to make impure or dirty, to spoil or contaminate

defile, gorge(noun)

a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud(verb)

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

"sully someone's reputation"

tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile(verb)

make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

"The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

foul, befoul, defile, maculate(verb)

spot, stain, or pollute

"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

the cattle, once they were cornered in the defile, were quickly rounded up

to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable

supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots

to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect

art conservators were careful not to do anything that might defile the holy relic

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