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defile

/dɪˈfaɪl/

Translations

defilenoun

defiles

/dɪˈfaɪl/

ущелье

The army marched through the narrow defile.

Армия прошла через узкое ущелье.

Additional translations

Synonyms

defileverb

defiled

Past Simple

defiled

Past Participle

defiling

Gerund

/dɪˈfaɪl/

загрязнять

The factory's waste defiles the river.

Отходы завода загрязняют реку.

осквернять

The vandals defiled the church with graffiti.

Вандалы осквернили церковь граффити.

Synonyms

Definitions

defilenoun

A narrow passage or gorge between mountains or hills.

The hikers carefully navigated the defile, admiring the towering cliffs on either side.

A line or file of people, animals, or vehicles moving one behind another, especially troops.

A defile of pilgrims made its slow way up the mountain trail.

defileverb

To make unclean or impure, especially to corrupt the purity or perfection of something.

The vandals defiled the monument with graffiti.

To violate the chastity of someone.

The story told of a villain who sought to defile the innocent maiden.

To march in a single file or in columns.

The soldiers defiled through the narrow pass.