defiles
The word “defiles” has 2 syllables: de-files
It's pronounced as /dɪˈfaɪlz/
What is synonym and antonym for defiles?
In the thesaurus, “defiles” has 111 synonyms and 20 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for defiles along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for defiles
- abysses
- adulterates
- affronts
- annihilates
- arroyos
- barrancas
- barrancos
- basins
- befouls
- begrimes
- besmirches
- blackens
- blasphemes
- canyons
- chasms
- cirques
- clefts
- cols
- combes
- contaminates
- coombes
- coombs
- corrupts
- coulees
- couloirs
- crevasses
- crevices
- crushes
- curses
- cwms
- dales
- decimates
- deconsecrates
- defames
- dells
- demolishes
- desacralizes
- desanctifies
- desecrates
- desolates
- despoils
- destroys
- devastates
- dilutes
- dirties
- doctors
- draws
- fissures
- floodplains
- flumes
- fouls
- fouls up
- gaps
- gills
- glens
- gorges
- grimes
- gulches
- gulfs
- gulleys
- gullies
- gutters
- hollows
- infects
- insults
- kettles
- kloofs
- linns
- loots
- mires
- muddies
- notches
- nullahs
- offends
- outrages
- passes
- pillages
- plunders
- poisons
- pollutes
- profanes
- raids
- ransacks
- ravages
- ravines
- razes
- robs
- rots
- ruins
- sacks
- saddles
- shut-ins
- smirches
- smudges
- soils
- spoils
- stains
- strips
- sullies
- swears
- taints
- trenches
- troughs
- vales
- valleys
- violates
- wadis
- washes
- wastes
- waters down
- wrecks
Antonyms for defiles
- blesses
- clarifies
- cleans
- cleanses
- clears
- consecrates
- decontaminates
- dedicates
- disinfects
- distills
- distils
- filters
- hallows
- honors
- purges
- purifies
- respects
- sanctifies
- sanitizes
- sterilizes
Meanings of defiles
- verb
- To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.
- To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate.
- To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape.
- To march in a single file; to file.
- noun
- A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
- A single file, such as of soldiers.
- The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
Example Sentences
- Dumping toxic waste defiles the purity of the river.
- He defiles everything he touches with his lies.
- The act defiles the sacredness of their traditions.
- War often defiles both land and spirit.
- She believes greed defiles the true meaning of charity.
On this page you'll find 131 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to defiles, such as: abysses, adulterates, affronts, annihilates, arroyos, barrancas, barrancos.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- spoils
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- storms
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- strings
- stripes
- sullies
- swats
- swipes
- switches
- taints
- tans
- tempers
- thins
- thrashes
- threads
- threshes
- thumps
- thwacks
- tromps
- twists
- wallops
- waters down
- weakens
- weaves
- whacks
- whales
- whams
- whaps
- whipcords
- whips
- whomps
- whops
- whups
- wires
- works over
- wounds
- wreathes
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saddles
- abysses
- afflicts
- arroyos
- barrancas
- barrancos
- basins
- burdens
- canyons
- chasms
- cirques
- clefts
- clogs
- clutters
- cols
- combes
- coombes
- coombs
- coulees
- couloirs
- crevasses
- crevices
- cwms
- dales
- defiles
- dells
- draws
- encumbers
- fills
- fissures
- floodplains
- flumes
- freights
- gaps
- gills
- glens
- gorges
- gulches
- gulfs
- gulleys
- gullies
- gutters
- hampers
- handicaps
- heaps
- hollows
- kettles
- kloofs
- ladens
- lades
- linns
- loads
- lumbers
- mounds
- notches
- nullahs
- oppresses
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- packs
- passes
- piles
- presses
- ravines
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- troughs
- vales
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wadis
- abysses
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- barrancas
- barrancos
- basins
- canyons
- chasms
- cirques
- clefts
- cols
- combes
- coombes
- coombs
- coulees
- couloirs
- crevasses
- crevices
- cwms
- dales
- defiles
- dells
- draws
- fissures
- floodplains
- flumes
- gaps
- gills
- glens
- gorges
- gulches
- gulfs
- gulleys
- gullies
- gutters
- hollows
- kettles
- kloofs
- linns
- notches
- nullahs
- passes
- potholes
- ravines
- saddles
- shut-ins
- trenches
- troughs
- vales
- valleys
- washes
daubs
- anoints
- bedaubs
- befouls
- begrimes
- bemires
- besmears
- besmirches
- blackens
- caricatures
- cartoons
- coats
- collages
- collies
- confuses
- contaminates
- crocks
- defiles
- delineations
- depictions
- diagrams
- dirties
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- disarrays
- discolors
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- disorders
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- doodles
- draggles
- drawings
- etchings
- finger paintings
- fouls
- gaums
- greases
- grimes
- gums
- hieroglyphics
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- icons
- ideograms
- ideographs
- ikons
- illustrations
- images
- jumbles
- lards
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- mires
- montages
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- photographs
- pictographs
- pictures
- pitches
- plasters
- pollutes
- portraits
- representations
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- silhouettes
- sketches
- smears
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- smudges
- soils
- stains
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- taints
- tarres
- tars
- views
- watercolors