defilement
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Without fanfare or warning, P&D no longer looks like a bizarre defilement, breach or disruption of anything at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2019
In 1985, he condemned as “a defilement of history” a visit by President Ronald Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to a military cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, where some SS soldiers had been buried.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2015
Hazzauna's shame was her deepest secret and yet she felt the defilement left her oddly transparent.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2012
"Moreover the main provisions of this bill were designed to stem the issue of defilement and rape which in the minds of Ugandans is a more pressing and urgent matter that needs to be addressed."
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2012
It was simple and, since both Helmholtz and the Savage were dreadfully pained by the shattering and defilement of a favourite poetic crystal, extremely effective.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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