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past tense of defile
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1
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
- supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots
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2
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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