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Defile

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Meaning

Verb

In Landforms:
To make (someone
)
or
; to
, to soil.
To make (someone
)
or
; to
, to tarnish.
To
towards or
(something
or
); to
, to profane.
In Religion:
To cause (something or someone) to become
unclean.
To
(someone) of their
or
, often not
; to
, to rape.
To
(someone).
To become
or unclean.
To cause
;
, to
; to defecate.
To
in a
or
; to
.
In Military:
To
across (a place) in
or lines.
In Military:
Synonym of
(“to
(something) as a
from
fire”)

Noun

In Military:
A
or way (originally (military), one which
could only
through in a
or
), especially a
or
between mountains.
In Military:
An
of
in
or lines.
In Military:
In Military:
An
of
a
or other place, or of
the
in order to
the interior.
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Origin

defile
English
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defilen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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