Meaning & use
Defiling
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Making something impure, dirty, or unclean, especially in a way that violates its sanctity.
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Protesters accused the company of defiling the river with industrial waste.
He felt that trespassing in the temple was defiling a sacred space.
A note on using this word
Present participle of "defile," which can describe both physical pollution and moral or religious corruption.
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