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/dɪˈfaɪl/ · de.file
verb
- To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul. The oil spill defiled the pristine beach.
- To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate. To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it.
- To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape. The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl.
- To march in a single file; to file. The soldiers defiled through the narrow alleyway.
Did you know? The word 'defile' has been used in various contexts, including literature and law. In the novel 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer, the word is used to describe the act of desecrating a church.