defile
verb (used with object)
defiler
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a word derived from
defile.
Example Sentences
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Therefore he was defiled and a defiler of others.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
He was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party’s purity.
From "1984" by George Orwell
These extremes of the chromatic scale are each in its way most easily denied, as green, the mean of the scale, is the greatest defiler of all colours.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
He was panting now with fiery indignation; a holy zeal inflamed this profligate defiler.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series by Sabatini, Rafael
Ah, defiler of the altar! lie not there!
From The Story of a Mine by Harte, Bret
