Defile is valid Scrabble Word

Is defile a scrabble word?
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6 letters word
10 points in Scrabble
11 points in WWF

Definitions for DEFILE in dictionary:

VERB:

to make dirty
damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil
desecrate or profane (something sacred)
rape or sexually assault (a woman)
(of troops) march in single file
treat (something sacred or important) without respect
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
Same as Defilade.
To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
spot, stain, or pollute

NOUN:

a steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file)
Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
narrow valley or pass

Words related to DEFILE

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Words that contain DEFILE

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How to use DEFILE in a sentence

This was a defile so narrow, that the enemy could take no cannon with them, nor baggage, and could only proceed two abreast.
Defile not therefore the land which ye inhabit, and in the midst of which I also dwell, for I am, the LORD which dwell among the children of Israel.
Are ye not ware that ye are the temple of God, and how that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy.
Marcus Aurelius and his army had been entangled in a mountain defile, into which they had too hastily pursued a sham retreat of the barbarian archers.
And the defile lasted two hours, and the farm was soon full of a happy, laughing throng, holiday-making in the bright June sunlight.
Those that remained outside of the defile were driven by the cavalry into the lake.
This is a very picturesque village, about three miles east, perched above the Garonne in a narrow defile, possessing an ancient church and a good inn.
We crossed the river, in order to pass a narrow defile, by which it forces its way through the rocky heights of Dumanidj Dagh.
For some time we had watched the clouds gathering over them, and as we got to the top of the defile rain was falling from a fringe of thunder to the south.
In the course of this the Acarnanians attacked him in a defile.

The whole journey was through a deep defile, except about half-way, when we came upon a small but well cultivated plain, with a fort in the centre.
Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is 180 miles from the western entrance to the defile.
When he got to the shore, his eyes fell on a cavern in a close defile, to which a narrow way led.
He eyed the little band silently as they passed by him in defile, then ran after them, and inquired if the Pere Francois Xavier, of Mission St.
The crevice in which he was hiding was irregular at the entrance, and a jutting shoulder of it concealed him from view from the wall of the defile opposite him.
Sanderson intently examined other rocks and boulders on the opposite side of the defile.
It caught halfway between the rock and the bottom of the defile.
On the 24th we marched to the Darwazai defile, and the next day proceeded through it to Kuram, forty-eight miles from Thal.
Meanwhile, my immediate followers prepared the rocks above the narrow neck of the defile and got them ready for instant rolling down.
Lone picked his way through the crooked defile that was marked MAIN STREET on the corner of the first huge boulder and came abruptly into the road.
Then as we were descending into the nullah he would let fly in the hope of catching us in the narrow defile.
After Velaine fell next day, and the defile between the two mountain-hills of Amance swarmed with yelling Uhlans, the French still held.
As this was a strongly fortified place, commanding the southern exit of the defile from the mountain, he was asked for his papers.
In spite of all that had been done, it was rough work passing through the defile, and he did not arrive at Krumnau until nearly sunset.
This defile, formed by a deep valley, is so narrow in some places that a camel can scarcely pass.
You defile the sacraments of the Church, tear to pieces the articles of her faith, overthrow her temples.
Thou art a fool, if thou thinkest I could endure to defile me by smiting thy neck, for neither art thou a woman, nor oughtest thou to be ranked among men.
Left Male, and entered immediately the last Kioukdweng on descending, or the first defile on ascending against the stream.
The banks towards the exit from the defile are sloping, often covered with grass.
It is only in the upper defile, or Kioukdweng, that the navigation is during the rises of the river dangerous, and at times impracticable.
Two things that defile this day in looking back, are love of praise running through all, and consenting to listen to worldly talk at all.
Passed through the rich and rocky defile of Ephraim, by Lebonah, to Sychar.
Then turning sharply to the right, the train runs up the valley of the Posu, a mountain torrent which rushes and roars through a narrow defile.
Achan has to be killed and put safe out of the way first, or no shining Hope will stand out against the black walls of the defile.

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