Associations to the word «Defiling»

Wiktionary

DEFILE, verb. (transitive) to make impure; to make dirty.
DEFILE, noun. A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
DEFILE, noun. A single file, such as of soldiers.
DEFILE, noun. The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
DEFILE, verb. (archaic) (intransitive) To march in a single file.

Dictionary definition

DEFILE, noun. A narrow pass (especially one between mountains).
DEFILE, verb. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation".
DEFILE, verb. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man".
DEFILE, verb. Spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King