verb🔗ShareTo make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul."The vandals defiled the statue with graffiti, covering its surface in ugly spray paint. "moralreligionculturesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate"The vandals defiled the war memorial by spray-painting graffiti on its surface. "religionculturemoralvalueactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape"The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl."sexmoralactionhumansocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo march in a single file; to file."The ants defiled across the picnic blanket, each following the one in front. "actionmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareImpure; dirty"The abandoned classroom was defiled with trash and graffiti. "moralreligionsoulvaluequalitysocietyattitudecursenegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
