Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which defiles; one who corrupts or debauches; one who or that which pollutes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who
defiles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
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Examples
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The first, namely, the “defiler cour” ” from the French word defiler, to file past ” is the Berlin counterpart of Queen Victoria's drawing-rooms at Buckingham Palace in London, and is held once a year for the purpose of presenting debutantes, brides and ladies whose husbands have recently been promoted, or raised to the rank of nobility.
The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Fontenoy, Mme La Marquise De 1900
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I cannot COMPREHEND how people can play a game this long and not know the difference between defilers and inquisitors, or believe a defiler is a kind of necromancer.
West Karana Tipa 2008
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If one of 'em works for a big corporation, they might get called a defiler of the earth ... no kids for them either?
Renegade Evolution 2008
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Wizardly magic had become corrupted, so anyone trying to use it became a 'defiler', drawing energy away from his surroundings and making the land dead and lifeless and inflicting pain on living creatures.
The Worlds of D&D: Dark Sun Adam Whitehead 2009
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Wizardly magic had become corrupted, so anyone trying to use it became a 'defiler', drawing energy away from his surroundings and making the land dead and lifeless and inflicting pain on living creatures.
Archive 2009-11-01 Adam Whitehead 2009
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Another BS artist who wears Jesus as a political icon instead of observing private faith .... liar, cheater, defiler of the people's trust.
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Obviously, it's resident bad boy and virgin-defiler Puck who gets to take this for a jaunty spin.
Glee is back but which song will be the new Don't Stop Believing? 2011
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That dubious honor belongs to Claire Quilty, shape-shifter, intellectual, appreciator/defiler of truth and beauty, sexual adventurer, orgy enthusiast, and child pornographer.
My Year of Flops Nathan Rabin 2010
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