defile
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A soldier who requested anonymity explained to AFP that since then the body had been guarded around the clock "so that rival groups do not defile him."
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Some Parisians backed the move, but others - including heritage campaigners - said it was a bad idea and would "defile" the French capital's iconic monument.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024
“We can’t just take, defile and desecrate someone’s body without consent,” Numa says.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024
“But we continue with the tradition of protecting the forest because our ancestors have told us not to defile the forest.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
There was only one route out of the trap they were in, and that was a narrow defile ahead, where a dry riverbed emerged from a fold in the cliffs.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing defile
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Grade 9, List 3
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