defile
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My grandmother Defile who died with a bald head in a prison, because God had given her wings.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
I shall go down to the Lancone Defile.
From The Isle of Unrest by Merriman, Henry Seton
In the leather saddle-bag which formed his pillow he had bread and some meat, which he ate as he walked on towards the Lancone Defile.
From The Isle of Unrest by Merriman, Henry Seton
"Defile not your hands with the blood of the unbeliever," he said; "but take him before the cadi to answer his conduct."
From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Hemyng, Bracebridge
Defile not your tongues with cursing or execrating anyone, and guard your eyes from that which is not worthy.
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
Vocabulary lists containing defile
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Grade 9, List 3
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