defile

Part of speech: noun

Defiler.

Part of speech: verb

To pollute; debauch; violate.

Part of speech: verb

To march by files; file off.

Part of speech: noun

A long narrow pass; gorge.

Part of speech: noun

A marching in file.

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Usage examples "defile":

  1. Get thee hence: Thine eyes defile me. - "Locrine - A Tragedy", Algernon Charles Swinburne.
  2. The touch of a child of the same caste who had not learned to eat grain did not defile, but if the child ate grain it did. - "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II", R. V. Russell.
  3. Like a vulture bent upon tearing the poor defenceless bird that falls into its claws, that cruel priest seemed determined to defile and ruin my heart. - "The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional", Father Chiniquy.