DEFILES

7 letters 11 Scrabble points /dɪˈfaɪ(jə)ɫz/

Definition of DEFILES

verb

  1. To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.

  2. To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate

    "To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it."

  3. To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape

    "The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl."

Related words: contaminate pollute spoil sully desecrate profane ravish violate
noun

  1. A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.

  2. A single file, such as of soldiers.

  3. The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.

verb

  1. To march in a single file; to file.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters D E F I L E S
Length 7 letters
Scrabble Score 11 points

Anagrams of DEFILES

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FIDELES