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verbmake dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
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verbplace under suspicion or cast doubt upon
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nouna narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
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"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"verbspot, stain, or pollute
Definition that contains defile
- purification a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- profane not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- virginal untouched or undefiled
- unconsecrated not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- purgation a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- unsanctified not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- march out march out (as from a defile) into open ground
- debouch march out (as from a defile) into open ground