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Meaning of defile in English
(Definition of defile from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
defile | Intermediate English
Examples of defile
defile
Downward evolutionary regress in action, bought to you by a worldview that only values greed and defiles all other moral concepts.
From ThinkProgress
No tubs of guacamole to be defiled by double-dipping guests at your big game-day party.
From Huffington Post
These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.
From CNN
What comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.
From CNN
A false promise may often be worse than a broken promise, as the former defiles the trust inherent in promises at the outset.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Nevertheless, the designation of the meat as ‘defiled food’ is significant.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
This article shows that none of the solicited rabbinic passages refers to tanning as ritually defiling.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The rabbis, of course, are not denying that such carcasses do indeed defile.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Nevertheless, his statement shows that he thinks tanning was ritually defiling.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
She performs an unthinkable act and defiles herself by tasting human blood.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Lines of soldiers pass through narrow defiles between reddish hills, while another group crosses a footbridge between two peaks.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Passing at length through a defile the encampment came to view.
From Project Gutenberg
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