DEFILES Synonyms: 132 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of defile

as in ravines

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage the cattle, once they were cornered in the defile, were quickly rounded up

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verb

present tense third-person singular of defile

as in pollutes

to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots

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as in violates

to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect art conservators were careful not to do anything that might defile the holy relic

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The automaker filed the suit on Thursday asking the US District Court in the Central District of California to declare the decision by UAW Local 230 in Los Angeles to take a strike authorization vote violates terms of the contract reached last fall.

Reuters, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Regional experts, including some Israelis, are warning that a new archaeology bill approved by the Israeli government to expand the country’s Antiquities Authority’s jurisdiction to sites in the West Bank violates international law, and could bring sanctions, reports The Art Newspaper.

The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024

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