"Defile" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples
"Defile" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
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"Defile" Meaning
To defile something or someone means to corrupt or pollute it, often in a moral or sacred sense. It can also mean to make something dirty or unclean.
"Defile" Examples
Defile
Verb
To defile something is to make it impure or dirty: "The spill on the white carpet defiled the room." (1)
He defiled the village by performing a pagan ritual there. (2)
The company's actions defiled the environment. (3)
Noun
A defile is a narrow mountain pass: "The soldiers marched through the defile, careful not to trigger any landmines." (4)
The river defile, where the village lies, is surrounded by steep cliffs. (5)
Synonyms
Corrupt, pollute, sully, taint, befoul
Antonyms
Purify, cleanse, sanitize, disinfect, rehabilitate
"Defile" Similar Words
Deficits
Deficits refers to a lack or shortage of something, often in a financial or economic sense. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a shortfall or a lack of something essential or desirable.<br><br>For example, a government may run a budget deficit if it spends more money than it takes in through taxes and other revenue sources. In medicine, a patient may have a deficit in a specific skill or function, such as a hearing or speech deficit.
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