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defile

verb
  1. To make dirty: befoul, begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully. See clean
  2. To make physically impure: contaminate, foul, poison, pollute. See clean
  3. To make morally impure: contaminate, corrupt, infect, pollute, soil, taint. See clean
  4. To spoil or mar the sanctity of: desecrate, pollute, profane, violate. See clean, religion, sacred
  5. To deprive of virginity: deflower, violate. See sex
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