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The correct spelling is defiling.

How to pronounce defiling

verb

Say it like: Def-ili-ng

The correct spelling is defiling. To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul. For example: "To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it."

Usage Examples

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

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

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.
  2. 2.To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate
  3. 3.To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape
  4. 4.To march in a single file; to file.

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