Synonyms of defiles

defiles 1 of 2

noun

plural of defile

as in ravines

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ravines
• canyons
• gorges
• valleys
• passes
• gulches
• gaps
• saddles
• cols
• abysses
• couloirs
• crevices
• kloofs
• linns
• trenches
• flumes
• notches
• gills
• fissures
• clefts
• glens
• cañons
• chasms
• cirques
• vales
• gulfs
• crevasses
• basins
• gutters
• gulleys
• dales
• hollows
• combes
• gullies
• washes
• dells
• coombs
• coombes
• kettles
• nullahs
• draws
• arroyos
• coulees
• floodplains
• cwms
• barrancas
• wadis
• barrancos
• troughs
• shut-ins

defiles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of defile

1

as in pollutes

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

supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pollutes
• poisons
• taints
• contaminates
• infects
• befouls
• sullies
• dirties
• besmirches
• soils
• fouls
• stains
• dilutes
• blackens
• corrupts
• rots
• adulterates
• muddies
• smudges
• mires
• spoils
• fouls up
• waters down
• grimes
• begrimes
• smirches
• doctors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purifies
• cleans
• cleanses
• clarifies
• clears
• distills
• distils
• purges
• filters
• decontaminates
• sterilizes
• disinfects
• sanitizes

2

as in violates

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violates
• desecrates
• destroys
• profanes
• ravages
• demolishes
• ruins
• taints
• raids
• blasphemes
• pollutes
• insults
• robs
• contaminates
• sullies
• offends
• defames
• plunders
• curses
• soils
• devastates
• swears
• befouls
• decimates
• despoils
• desolates
• wrecks
• affronts
• annihilates
• poisons
• desacralizes
• pillages
• outrages
• wastes
• deconsecrates
• loots
• desanctifies
• razes
• strips
• spoils
• ransacks
• sacks
• fouls
• crushes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dedicates
• blesses
• consecrates
• sanctifies
• respects
• honors
• purifies
• cleanses
• hallows
• purges