defile (n.)
- abuse
- abysm
- abyss
- access
- aisle
- alley
- alloy
- ambulatory
- aperture
- arcade
- arroyo
- artery
- avenue
- backpack
- blight
- blot
- bottleneck
- brand
- breach
- break
- canal
- canker
- canyon
- cavity
- censure
- channel
- chap
- chasm
- check
- chimney
- chink
- cleft
- cloister
- col
- colonnade
- communication
- conduit
- connection
- convert
- corridor
- crack
- cranny
- crevasse
- crevice
- cut
- cwm
- damage
- debauch
- degenerate
- dell
- dike
- disadvantage
- discolor
- dishonor
- distress
- ditch
- doom
- draw
- excavation
- exit
- expose
- fault
- ferry
- file
- fissure
- flaw
- flume
- force
- ford
- foul
- fracture
- furrow
- gallery
- gap
- gape
- gash
- gibbet
- gorge
- groove
- gulch
- gulf
- gully
- harm
- hex
- hike
- hole
- hurt
- incision
- inlet
- interchange
- intersection
- isthmus
- jinx
- joint
- junction
- lane
- leak
- march
- menace
- mess
- misuse
- moat
- mush
- narrow
- narrows
- nasty
- neck
- notch
- nullah
- opening
- outlet
- outrage
- overpass
- parade
- pass
- passage
- passageway
- pervert
- pillory
- poison
- portico
- prejudice
- promenade
- prostitute
- rape
- ravage
- ravine
- rent
- reprimand
- rift
- rime
- ruin
- rupture
- savage
- scathe
- scissure
- seam
- shame
- slit
- slot
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- soil
- split
- spoil
- stain
- strait
- sully
- taint
- tar
- tarnish
- throat
- torment
- torture
- tramp
- trench
- tunnel
- twist
- underpass
- valley
- vitiate
- void
- wadi
- warp
- wound
- wrong
defile (v.)
- abuse
- access
- adulterate
- afflict
- aggrieve
- alloy
- attaint
- backpack
- befoul
- besmear
- besmirch
- bespatter
- betray
- bewitch
- blacken
- blight
- blot
- bottleneck
- brand
- breach
- break
- canal
- canker
- censure
- channel
- chap
- cheapen
- check
- chink
- cloister
- coarsen
- condemn
- confound
- contaminate
- convert
- corrupt
- crack
- cut
- damage
- debase
- debauch
- deceive
- defalcate
- defame
- deflower
- degenerate
- degrade
- demoralize
- denature
- denigrate
- deprave
- desecrate
- despoil
- destroy
- devalue
- dike
- dirty
- disadvantage
- disapprove
- discolor
- dishonor
- disparage
- distort
- distress
- ditch
- divert
- doom
- draw
- embezzle
- envenom
- exit
- expose
- fault
- ferry
- file
- fissure
- flaw
- footslog
- force
- ford
- foul
- fracture
- furrow
- gap
- gape
- gash
- gibbet
- gorge
- groove
- gulf
- harass
- harm
- hex
- hike
- hole
- hurt
- impair
- infect
- injure
- interchange
- jinx
- joint
- lane
- leak
- maltreat
- march
- menace
- mess
- misapply
- misappropriate
- mishandle
- mislead
- mismanage
- mistreat
- misuse
- molest
- muckrake
- mush
- narrow
- neck
- notch
- outrage
- parade
- pass
- peculate
- persecute
- pervert
- pilfer
- pillory
- poison
- pollute
- prejudice
- profane
- promenade
- prostitute
- rape
- ravage
- ravish
- rent
- reprimand
- revile
- rift
- rime
- ruin
- rupture
- savage
- seam
- seduce
- shame
- slit
- slot
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- soil
- split
- spoil
- stain
- stigmatize
- sully
- taint
- tar
- tarnish
- threaten
- throat
- torment
- torture
- tramp
- trench
- tunnel
- twist
- ulcerate
- vilify
- violate
- vitiate
- void
- vulgarize
- warp
- wound
- wrong
