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defilesnounpl. of defile 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 canyons(also cañons), cols, couloirs, flumes, gaps, gills(British), gorges, gulches, gulfs, kloofs(South African), linns(chiefly Scottish), notches, passes, ravines, saddles abysses, chasms, cirques, clefts, crevasses, crevices, cwms(chiefly British), fissurescombes(also coombes or coombs, British), dales, dells, glens, hollows, shut-ins, vales, valleysbasins, floodplains, kettlesarroyos, barrancas(also barrancos), coulees, draws, gullies(also gulleys), gutters, nullahs, trenches, troughs, wadis, washes(West) defilesverbpresent tense third-person singular of defileto make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirablesupplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots befouls, contaminates, fouls, poisons, pollutes, taints infectsbegrimes, besmirches, blackens, dirties, fouls up, grimes, mires, muddies, smirches, smudges, soils, stains, sulliescorrupts, rots, spoilsadulterates, doctorsdilutes, waters down decontaminates, purifies clarifies, cleans, cleanses, clears, distills(also distils), purgesfiltersdisinfects, sanitizes, sterilizes 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 desecrates, profanes, violates deconsecrates, desacralizes, desanctifiesblasphemes, curses, swearsbefouls, contaminates, fouls, poisons, pollutes, soils, sullies, taintsaffronts, defames, insults, offends, outragesannihilates, crushes, decimates, demolishes, desolates, destroys, devastates, ravages, razes, ruins, wastes, wrecksdespoils, loots, pillages, plunders, raids, ransacks, robs, sacks, spoils, strips blesses, consecrates, dedicates, hallows, sanctifieshonors, respectscleanses, purges, purifies |