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Defile

/dɪˈfaɪl/

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

📖 Definitions of "Defile"

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."

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