defile

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1. defile - Noun

2. defile - Verb

Meaning

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.

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The 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

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