defiles 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

synonyms: spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade, poison, taint, tarnish, destroy, ruin

2

(of troops) march in single file.

we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides

noun

gorge

verb

spoil, desecrate, rape, maculate, foul, corrupt
spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade, poison, taint, tarnish, destroy, ruin
desecrate, profane, violate, contaminate, pollute, debase, degrade, dishonor
rape, violate, ravish, deflower
maculate, stain, tarnish, sully
foul, maculate, befoul
corrupt, cloud, taint, sully

Use "defiles" in a sentence

1. Rivers man, 60, Abducts, defiles teenager over mother’s rejection of love proposal

2. Synonyms for Corrupts include depraves, perverts, debases, debauches, demoralises, demoralizes, bastardises, bastardizes, defiles and ruins

3. Synonyms for Couloirs include canyons, gorges, ravines, passes, gulfs, defiles, gaps, gulches, flumes and gills

4. Antonyms for Bedecks include blemishes, defaces, disfigures, scars, spoils, mutilates, ruins, defiles, maims and flaws

5. The mountains rise abruptly from the wedged defiles, separating the hollows where the dwellings are clustered.

6. Synonyms for Bastardizes include corrupts, degrades, debases, adulterates, defiles, perverts, vitiates, abases, cheapens and demeans.

7. Synonyms for Bastardizes include corrupts, degrades, debases, adulterates, defiles, perverts, vitiates, abases, cheapens and demeans

8. Synonyms for Besmirches include defiles, stains, befouls, soils, contaminates, pollutes, spoils, spots, taints and tarnishes

9. Bitterness defiles because it is a sin that can linger in our lives and separate us from God

10. That is true; I John 4 says that sin is the transgression of the law, and it is transgressing God's Law that defiles us.

11. 12 The sacred sacrament of Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed and despised, for in doing this, one scorns and defiles the Church of God, and even God Himself,[www.Sentencedict.com] represented by His priests.

12. Mistress Sassz'ine summons Ossunet, the Darkness, to obstruct her enemies' vision.Ossunet defiles the arena with Befouling Ink, spraying ink clouds throughout the arena which inflict moderate Shadow damage (every 2 seconds) to anyone caught within them.Movement speed is also reduced by 25% for anyone within the cloud

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