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de·file
di-ˈfī(-ə)l
dē-
defiled; defiling
: to make unclean or impure: such as
a
: to corrupt the purity or perfection of : debase
the countryside defiled by billboards
b
: to violate the chastity or virginity of : deflower
c
: to make physically unclean especially with something unpleasant or contaminating
boots defiled with blood
… I had never allowed anyone to smoke in the truck. Drunk as I was, I knew that I was betraying something by allowing him to defile the truck's interior.—
Patrick Moore
de·file
di-ˈfī(-ə)l
ˈdē-ˌfī(-ə)l
geology
: a narrow passage (as between hills, rocks, or cliffs) : gorge entry 1
… come to us from a narrow defile in the Pennine Alps between Switzerland and Italy, a place called the Great St. Bernard Pass.—
Michael Olmert
de·file
di-ˈfī(-ə)l
ˈdē-ˌfī(-ə)l
defiled; defiling
military
: to march off in a line
… breaks out into a brave and glorious description of the forces, as they defiled through the principal gate of the city …—
Washington Irving
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