defile in English

noun
1
a steep-sided, narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file).
In setting up fire pockets, an advantageous front line configuration is chosen, in gaps between strongholds, approaches to commanding heights, choke points, defiles , valleys, gorges, etc.
verb
1
sully, mar, or spoil.
the land was defiled by a previous owner
2
(of troops) march in single file.
we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "defile" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "defile", or refer to the context using the word "defile" in the English Dictionary.

1. Evil books defile the mind.

2. And defile your glorious splendor.

3. Insults alone cannot defile a person's honour.

4. He needs to defile the bodies.

5. The troops had to defile through the pass.

6. High priest not to defile himself (10-15)

7. Defile, and then flee to the bliss of oblivion.

8. Pornographic films defile the minds of the teenagers.

9. The Agheila defile was kernel of the situation.

10. Contaminate Meaning: "infect with a disease, defile," from Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare "to defile, to… See definitions of Contaminate.

11. Contaminate, taint, pollute, and defile mean to make impure or unclean

12. 21 Defile, and then flee to the bliss of oblivion.

13. Beray definition: to soil , dirty , defile Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

14. To do harm to ( property or qualities considered sacred ); desecrate or defile.

15. Soon we were alone, moving through a narrow defile between two teetering antique shops.

16. 16 synonyms for Begrime: befoul, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil

17. 30 synonyms for Befoul: begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil

18. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh , despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

19. The defile itself continues but you, unless you are hardy and ambitious, do not.

20. Synonyms for Bastardise include corrupt, degrade, debase, adulterate, defile, pervert, vitiate, abase, cheapen and demean

21. 16 synonyms for Begrime: befoul, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil

22. All these wicked things issue forth from within and defile a man.” —Mark 7:21-23.

23. These are the ones that did not defile themselves with women; in fact, they are virgins.

24. Befoul definition, to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that Befouls its own nest

25. “Let us . . . cleanse ourselves from all that can defile flesh or spirit,” says 2 Corinthians 7:1.

26. Thou unfastenest the horse so as to repair the collar-piece(?) at the top of the defile.

27. How does the verb Contaminate contrast with its synonyms? Some common synonyms of Contaminate are defile, pollute, and taint

28. 22 And you will defile the silver overlay of your graven images and the golden plating of your metal statues.

29. The narrow defile which had once been bridged by the Romans was now dammed to create a vast reservoir upstream.

30. Not desiring to defile the wall of the consecrated place, I went round the corner to spit into the gutter.

31. If he can't defile the woman again, it'll become so strong, it could push him into a frenzy.

32. This is a lovely climb in itself, up what quite soon turns from a valley into a defile.

33. He was convicted of abduction with intent to defile and could be sentenced to 20 years to life imprisonment.

34. The bitter inland sea ofNurnen Amidmost, they swung out long arms northward;and between these arms there was a deep defile

35. Not even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister may he defile himself when they die.”

36. 13 The road up is a defile, steep, rugged and curvaceous,[www.Sentencedict.com] with a vast pine forest on the left hand.

37. Not desiring to defile the wall of the consecrated place[Sentencedict.com], I went round the corner to spit into the gutter.

38. Bushmasters advanced through a narrow defile, they came under a massive artillery barrage that littered the road with casualties in a matter of minutes

39. 8 But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies or with the wine he drank.

40. + 43 Do not make yourselves* loathsome by means of any swarming creature, and do not defile yourselves and become unclean by them.

41. Da 1:5, 8 —Why did Daniel and his three companions conclude that their eating of the king’s delicacies would defile them?

42. 15 The outward journey was quite uneventful as far as the Wadi Tamit, a steep defile leading down the escarpment on to the coastal plain.

43. Besully ( third-person singular simple present besullies, present participle Besullying, simple past and past participle besullied ) ( transitive) To make sullied or soiled; defile quotations

44. Bridgehead definition, a position held or to be gained on the enemy side of a river, defile, or other obstacle, to cover the crossing of friendly troops

45. And how much better off we are if we do not squander money, time, and thought on immoral literature and entertainment that can defile our spirit!

46. Leviticus 18:20 View whole chapter See verse in context Moreover thou shalt not lie Carnal ly with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her

47. In Haiti, locals and visitors alike can celebrate "Haitian Defile Kanaval," one of the larger Carnivals in the Caribbean islands that extends across multiple Haitian cities

48. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, Blasphemies: 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man

49. If a man betroth a girl to his son, and his son have intercourse with her, but he afterward defile her, and be surprised, then he shall be bound and cast into the water.

50. His corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is Accursed of God), so that you do not defile your …