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How to pronounce defilement in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms befoulment, pollution
Type of dirtiness, uncleanness
Derivation defile

Examples of defilement

defilement
It's a British term that originally referred to the defilement of property.
From the guardian.co.uk
They come unadorned and unaccompanied, as if sauce would be a defilement.
From the telegraph.co.uk
As is the way with defilement, what is happening in the gulf provokes visceral disgust.
From the economist.com
Often defilement involves relatives, married men or professional people in the community.
From the guardian.co.uk
This process needs to be repeated for each and every defilement.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The graph above is the ultimate defilement of objective analysis in the defense budget debate.
From the nation.time.com
Any other use of her bed would have been considered defilement.
From the newsfeed.time.com
Every town has defilement of public artistic placements, etc.
From the dailymercury.com.au
In Uganda, most parents choose to negotiate with those suspected of defilement because of material gain.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Befoulment: the state of being polluted
  • (defiled) morally blemished; stained or impure
  • (defiled) impure; dirty
  • (defiled) [S] is held under chin and opens explosively into a [5) with an appropriately negative facial expression (= FILTHY).