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defile meaning in Tamil

அசுத்தப்படுத்து

/dɪˈfaɪl/US/dəˈfaɪl/

defile in Tamil: அசுத்தப்படுத்து, குறுகிய வழி, கணவாய். In English, defile means to make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

Tamil words for defile

அசுத்தப்படுத்து, குறுகிய வழி, கணவாய்

English meaning of defile

  1. verb To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
  2. verb To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
  3. verb To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
  4. verb To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.

Full definition of defile

defile in a sentence

  • 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.

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Questions about defile in Tamil

What is the meaning of defile in Tamil?
Defile in Tamil is அசுத்தப்படுத்து, குறுகிய வழி, கணவாய்.
defile என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Defile: அசுத்தப்படுத்து, குறுகிய வழி, கணவாய்.
What does defile mean in English?
Defile means to make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: defile (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: defile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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