defiled 1 of 2

past tense of defile

defiled

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of defiled
Adjective
Friday’s incident isn’t the first time the church has been defiled by a member of the public in recent years. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 The seafood area’s ice machine was similarly defiled. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defiled
Verb
  • That includes farmers who have had sludge from water treatment plants spread on their land containing PFAS, fire departments, airports and municipalities, people who own land that was polluted by PFAS originating from another nearby property or waste facilities that accepted PFAS.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, women in cobalt-mining regions have reported reproductive-health concerns such as miscarriages and birth defects; cobalt mining has also polluted croplands.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Survivors say they were violated in sanctuaries, at pastors’ homes and in tents on camping trips.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This comes after the Haas Factory Team driver's contact with Jeb Burton in Martinsville violated the sport's conduct code.
    Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Aircraft manufacturers could also install air sensors on planes so that crew members know when contaminated air has entered a plane, safety advocates note.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • By transforming contaminated land into what scientists describe as self-cleaning biogeochemical reactors, the technology redefines how soil restoration can be achieved.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s often an arch detachment where the singer tries to pretend as though they haven’t actually been poisoned by being online themselves.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the first half of the year, thousands of sea lions and dolphins stranded along beaches in Southern California, many found dead, poisoned by domoic acid created by toxic algae.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump’s order also directs administration officials to terminate or revoke visas if foreign nationals are found to have desecrated the flag.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
  • When Melanson failed to comply with Lino’s instructions, Lino allegedly beat the older man with a baseball bat and then desecrated his corpse.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The British government recently added eight countries to its list of travel warnings related to the risk of methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Striking cinematography, sharp dialogue, and standout performances from twin brothers Luke and Elliott Tittensor make Hudson’s feature debut a riveting journey through the tainted minds of men at war.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • France has Europe’s largest population of Muslims, over 6 million, for whom pigs are considered impure.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Even the most natural parts of many women’s lives — such as menstruation, clothing or even breastfeeding — can be framed as being impure or as moral transgressions.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Raw meat was stored on unclean storage racks in the walk-in cooler, while containers of cooked dumplings and dumpling filling were stored on the floor.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Katadyn BeFree Water Filter Bottle Clean water is non-negotiable when exploring the backcountry—one sip of unclean water can have life-threatening consequences.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Defiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defiled. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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