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defilenoun a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passagethe cattle, once they were cornered in the defile, were quickly rounded up canyon(also cañon), col, couloir, flume, gap, gill(British), gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof(South African), linn(chiefly Scottish), notch, pass, ravine, saddle abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm(chiefly British), fissurecombe(also coombe or coomb, British), dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valleybasin, floodplain, kettlearroyo, barranca(also barranco), coulee, draw, gully(also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash(West) to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirablesupplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots befoul, contaminate, foul, poison, pollute, taint infectbegrime, besmirch, blacken, dirty, foul up, grime, mire, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sullycorrupt, rot, spoiladulterate, doctordilute, water down decontaminate, purify clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, distill(also distil), purgefilterdisinfect, sanitize, sterilize to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespectart conservators were careful not to do anything that might defile the holy relic desecrate, profane, violate deconsecrate, desacralize, desanctifyblaspheme, curse, swearbefoul, contaminate, foul, poison, pollute, soil, sully, taintaffront, defame, insult, offend, outrageannihilate, crush, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, ravage, raze, ruin, waste, wreckdespoil, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, sack, spoil, strip bless, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, sanctifyhonor, respectcleanse, purge, purify v.contaminate, taint, pollute, defile mean to make impure or unclean.contaminate implies intrusion of or contact with dirt or foulness from an outside source.water contaminated by industrial wastes taint stresses the loss of purity or cleanliness that follows contamination.tainted meat a politician's tainted reputation pollute, sometimes interchangeable with contaminate, distinctively may imply that the process which begins with contamination is complete and that what was pure or clean has been made foul, poisoned, or filthy.the polluted waters of the river defile implies befouling of what could or should have been kept clean and pure or held sacred and commonly suggests violation or desecration.defile a hero's memory with slanderous innuendo in the 15th century |