Defile and Scathe

Defile

Defile verb - To make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable.

Scathe and defile are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scathe" instead a verb "Defile".

Nearby Words: defiled, defilement, defiling

Scathe

Scathe verb - To criticize harshly and usually publicly.
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Defile and scathe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defile" instead a verb "Scathe".

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