When straight, down-swooping from the hills meanwhile / the Harpies flap their clanging wings, and tear / the food, and all with filthy touch defile, / and, mixt with screams, uprose a sickening stench and vile.
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Defile
/dɪˈfaɪl/
Synonyms for "defile" (335 found)
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Noun(19 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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8 entriesCollocations
10 entriescontaminationdeep defiledefile passagedefilementdesecrationmountain defilenarrow defilepollutionsteep defiletaint
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
36 total sentences available.
Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, and didst defile his couch.
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I can't believe you would defile a gravestone!
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[…] It is an euil birde that defiles his owne neſt, […]
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