Definitions

1. noun

A person or thing that defiles, especially something considered sacred or pure.

“The city’s once-proud cathedral fell to the defiler, a vandal who spray-painted graffiti all over its walls.”

2. verb

To make something unclean or polluted, often in a way that is considered sacrilegious or shocking.

“The tabloid’s lurid headlines defiled the memory of the deceased, treating their life and death with disrespect.”