defile

Example Sentences

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Nearly 20 years later, vandals dug up and defiled corpses.

From Los Angeles Times

In his resignation letter, he said the CCC had been "defiled", accusing the ruling Zanu-PF party of being behind the move - allegations it denied.

From BBC

“But we continue with the tradition of protecting the forest because our ancestors have told us not to defile the forest.”

From Seattle Times

And soldiers and volunteer medics recalled finding more than 30 defiled bodies of women and girls.

From New York Times

The Seleucids captured the holy Temple of Jerusalem and defiled it by erecting an altar to the Greek god Zeus inside.

From National Geographic