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Meanings of defile in English
Synonyms
Examples for "cloud"
Examples for "cloud"
1
But we must not allow anger, however justified, to cloud our thinking.
2
The company provides cloud-based software to help companies manage their healthcare costs.
3
Another cloud of dust; not in the south, but in the east.
4
The number of companies selling private cloud solutions has been steadily growing.
5
These different bands capture different information about the atmosphere and cloud cover.
1
Power tends to corrupt, he said memorably, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
2
Protesters blame a corrupt political system that shares power among sectarian parties.
3
They are corrupt; they are base; they are cowardly; they are cruel.
4
They pay this corrupt money to thugs, and then violence takes place.
5
Research suggests mail voting would produce a near-negligible number of corrupt votes.
1
I wonder how many people it can taint in, say, a year.
2
The scrofulous taint in her constitution was declaring itself in many ways.
3
Perhaps it was caused by some taint in the air or water.
4
The taint caused a physical ache in Pete, a feeling of loss.
5
A CFPB official said that review should not taint any eventual settlements.
1
China has since sought to sully her reputation and undermine her claims.
2
The judge publicly admonished Felder for his attempts to sully Minnelli's reputation.
3
It was forbidden to sully their royal bloodlines by producing mud children.
4
And Force would never sully his hands with that sort of behaviour.
5
Not even Communism can sully the Caribbean or dim the tropical sunshine.
Usage of defile in English
1
He could see further down into the defile, which was far indeed.
2
We skirted the plain, and struck into a defile in the mountains.
3
A wild shout from every height of the defile was the answer.
4
Their gathering-place was at the entrance of the defile leading to Zahara.
5
These things proceed out of the heart and defile the whole man.
6
The path to the river led through a narrow defile of rock.
7
Hardly a man of the enemy got out of the defile alive.
8
Through the defile they went, descending into the little-known mountain parks beyond.
9
The Tyrolese, filled with curiosity and compassion, looked down into the defile.
10
He passed the defile, and advancing towards the allies, a battle ensued.
11
In passing any short defile bridge or ford, send one man ahead.
12
Just wait until a larger body of troops has entered the defile.
13
For the groom to defile an espoused woman is a foul reproach.
14
For a moment on entering the defile her heart sank within her.
15
All the motives that can darken or defile were ascribed to him.
16
Half a mile after leaving Koragh the road enters a narrow defile.
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Defile through the time
Defile across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common