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v. spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

defiled

adj. morally blemished; stained or impure

debauch, pervert, corrupt, vitiate, debase, demoralize, profane, deprave, misdirect

v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

muddy, muddy up

v. dirty with mud

smear, smirch, slander, defame, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch, charge falsely

v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

doctor, sophisticate, adulterate, doctor up

v. alter with the intention to deceive

blemish, flaw, make defective, make imperfect

v. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

smear, smudge, blur, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

discolor, discolour, cause to change color

v. cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"

streak

v. move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"

streak, blotch, mottle

v. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

stain, leave stains, produce stains

v. produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"

discolor, discolour, turn colorless, lose color

v. lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored"

oxidize, oxidise

v. add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

reward, honor, honour, bring honor to, do honor to

v. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"

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