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defilement in German

defilement in German is Verunreinigung — defilement means the act of defiling something.

defilement in German

Verunreinigung
noun

What does "defilement" mean?

  1. noun The act of defiling something.
    "The new law also applies to acts of defilement besides burning, such as publicly ripping a flag up. Public display of the Nazi swastika and other Nazi symbols is already banned in Germany."
  2. noun The condition of having been defiled.
  3. noun (military) A way of shielding the inside walls of a fort from gunfire along their length, for example with a tall wall on the exposed side.
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defilement in a sentence

  • The new law also applies to acts of defilement besides burning, such as publicly ripping a flag up. Public display of the Nazi swastika and other Nazi symbols is already banned in Germany.

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What is "defilement" in German?
"defilement" in German is Verunreinigung. defilement means: The act of defiling something.
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