Definition of defile

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Defile (n.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade..

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Foul :: Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water..
Maculate :: Maculate (a.) Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts..
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) That which sullies or defiles.
Inviolable :: Inviolable (a.) Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) Same as Defilade.
Filth :: Filth (n.) Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.
Filthy :: Filthy (superl.) Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene..
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
Defile :: Defile (n.) 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..
Lustration :: Lustration (n.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified..
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart..
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.
Attaminate :: Attaminate (v. t.) To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate.
Contaminate :: Contaminate (a.) Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
Impuration :: Impuration (n.) Defilement; obscuration.
Soil :: Soil (n.) To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (v. t.) To defile by adultery.
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
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