Defile vs. Defoul

Defileverb

(transitive) To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.

Defileverb

(transitive) To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate

Defileverb

(transitive) To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape

Defileverb

To march in a single file.

Defilenoun

A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.

Defilenoun

A single file, such as of soldiers.

Defilenoun

The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.

Defileverb

To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Defileverb

Same as Defilade.

Defileverb

To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

Defileverb

To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

Defileverb

To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

Defileverb

To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate; to rape.

Defileverb

To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

Defilenoun

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.

Defilenoun

The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

Defilenoun

a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Defileverb

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

Defileverb

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

Defileverb

spot, stain, or pollute;

Defoulverb

(obsolete) To trample underfoot.

Defoulverb

(obsolete) To physically crush or break.

Defoulverb

(obsolete) To oppress, keep down.

Defoulverb

(obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.

Defoulverb

To tread down.

Defoulverb

To make foul; to defile.