1. defile - Noun
2. defile - Verb
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
Same as Defilade.
Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it Source: Internet
sully someone's reputation Source: Internet
The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air Source: Internet
Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man Source: Internet
Already by late afternoon, elements of the 79th Armored Battalion had charged through the seven-mile long Jiradi defile, a narrow pass defended by well-emplaced troops of the Egyptian 112th Infantry Brigade. Source: Internet
Ammatas also failed; he arrived at the defile with his men still strung out along the road back to Carthage, and he too was killed. Source: Internet