Defile

verb
dɪ'faɪl

Noun

  • a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

    Similar:Gorge
    Type of:PassNotch

Verb

  • spot, stain, or pollute

    “The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it”

    Similar:BefoulFoulMaculate
    Type of:DisgraceShameDishonour

  • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

    Similar:MaculateStainSullyTarnish
    Type of:BlotBlobFleck

  • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

    Similar:CloudCorruptSullyTaint
    Type of:VitiateDeflowerImpair

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