defilements

noun

plural of defilement
1
as in corruptions
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things for two centuries the Christian monasteries in England suffered defilements at the hands of Viking invaders

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2
as in contaminants
something that is or that makes impure souvenir shops, observation towers, and other tacky defilements on Civil War battlefields that should be considered hallowed ground

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  1. violations
  2. contaminants
  3. pollutants
  4. contaminations
  5. impurities
Noun
  • It’s designed to limit TAPPS rule violations and relies more on fact than the UIL’s process, which is designed to allow coaches to voice their opinions if necessary.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Sources say that the information sharing included details about immigrants who are just suspected of civil immigration violations, such as overstaying their visa.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of violations
Noun
  • Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless gas and can smell like rotten eggs, signaling other contaminants may be in the area as well.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Temperature, pressure, contaminants, hazardous area classification and maintenance access still matter.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of contaminants
Noun
  • Besides clearing pollutants from the air, aloe vera plants can also soothe burns and sunburn thanks to thick sap in their spiky leaves.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Officials step up monitoring for ammonia and other pollutants after levels far above state health benchmarks, as Lineage insists its refrigeration system is intact while rushing an expensive, high-speed cleanup.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pollutants
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  • In one of the heaviest contaminations of TCE and PCE documented, thousands of soldiers and their families were exposed to the solvents at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987.
    — WUFT News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • And the Food and Drug Administration is also investigating contaminations that may be tied to a different outbreak.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Definition of contaminations
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  • The second source of unwanted immune response is impurities from mRNA production.
    — Li Li, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
  • To break through the water’s tight molecular network, the escaping CO2 relies on nucleation sites—microscopic rough spots, impurities, or foreign objects that disrupt the arrangement of water molecules and allow gas molecules to easily cluster.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
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