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defiling

/dɪˈfaɪlɪŋ/

Translations

defilinggerund / present participle

/dɪˈfaɪlɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something that defiles or desecrates

Synonyms

defilingnoun

defilings

осквернение

The defiling of the sacred site caused outrage among the community.

Осквернение священного места вызвало возмущение среди общины.

Synonyms

defileverb

defiling

Gerund

defiled

Past Simple

defiled

Past Participle

defiling

Gerund

/dɪˈfaɪl/

осквернять

The vandals defiled the church with graffiti.

Вандалы осквернили церковь граффити.

загрязнять

The factory's waste defiles the river.

Отходы завода загрязняют реку.

Synonyms

Definitions

defilinggerund / present participle

Causing defilement or desecration; polluting, morally corrupting.

They launched a protest against the defiling propaganda spread by the regime.

defilingnoun

The act of making something dirty or impure, especially in a way that is considered morally or spiritually offensive.

The defiling of the sacred site was met with outrage by the local community.

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.