defile

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spot, stain, or pollute
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air
To march off in a line, file by file
Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior
To make foul or impure
To soil or sully
To injure in purity of character
To corrupt the chastity of
To make ceremonially unclean
Residential area (city, town, village) in Haiti in Artibonite

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