defile
/dəˈfaɪl/ verb C2- To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
- To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
- To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane. · To urinate on someone’s grave is an example of a way to defile it.
- To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
He/she/it defiles · Past defiled · Past participle defiled · -ing form defiling
Verb forms
- Base form
- defile
- He/she/it
- defiles
- Past
- defiled
- Past participle
- defiled
- -ing form
- defiling
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It is my mind and soul that he has tortured and defiled.
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