defile

/dɪˈfaɪl/

verb

  1. 1

    To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.

  2. 2

    To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate

    To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it.
  3. 3

    To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape

    The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl.

noun

  1. 1

    A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.

  2. 2

    A single file, such as of soldiers.

  3. 3

    The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.

verb

  1. 1

    To march in a single file; to file.

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