[VN] (formal or literary) to make sth dirty or no longer pure, especially sth that people consider important or holy:
Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled. * The altar had been defiled by vandals.
defilement noun
Part of speech: noun
(formal) a narrow way through mountains
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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