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Meaning of defile


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  defile
      n 1: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn:
           {defile}, {gorge}]
      v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
           reputation" [syn: {defile}, {sully}, {corrupt}, {taint},
           {cloud}]
      2: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
         metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
         exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the
         affair with a married man" [syn: {tarnish}, {stain},
         {maculate}, {sully}, {defile}]
      3: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
         by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: {foul}, {befoul},
         {defile}, {maculate}]


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