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Noun
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
Verb
- spot, stain, or pollute
- The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
- 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
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- sully someone's reputation