defiled 1 of 2

past tense of defile

defiled

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adjective

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Recent Examples of defiled
Adjective
The seafood area’s ice machine was similarly defiled. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defiled
Verb
  • The area is significantly polluted with DDT, a chemical used as an insecticide that was banned in 1972.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Other public speakers, like Tabitha Fader, said the reroute would cause irreparable harm if wetlands and rivers were polluted during pipeline construction or in the event of a spill.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wake County schools violated policy when staff did not address the effects of bullying on Danielle, said an April 2024 letter from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
    Fred Clasen-Kelly, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Argentina and other countries under Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) also have protections that may be violated by tariffs, Comprés said.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Two children who became ill showed symptoms of a condition that can arise from contaminated water.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In communities without clean water, families often burn wood to boil contaminated water, contributing to both deforestation and emissions.
    Sivan Yaari, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As part of her ruling, Kreuziger barred McQueen, 59, from saying Lawrence Kenyon poisoned or attempted to poison her while they were married.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
  • When she was eventually released, Lee and a small group of her followers made the journey to America to spread their gospel, believing the people of Manchester to be poisoned by the teachings of the Church of England.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Advertisement Friedrich died at the end of 1934 after eating tainted chicken meat.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
  • King also claimed that the tainted alcohol is then sold back to restaurants, bars, hotels and other drinking establishments.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 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
  • Several areas within the facility were unclean and improperly maintained, posing a potential contamination risk.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • However, like everything else at this stand, these curds have a slight bitter astringency that may result from unclean frying oil.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Defiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defiled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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