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defile
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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
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