See defilement on Wiktionary
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{
"categories": [
"en:Military"
],
"glosses": [
"The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"protection",
"protection"
],
[
"fortification",
"fortification"
],
[
"enfilading",
"enfilade"
],
[
"parapet",
"parapet"
]
],
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"(military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈfaɪəlmənt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "zamărsjavane",
"sense": "act of defiling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "замърсяване"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "oskvernjavane",
"sense": "act of defiling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "оскверняване"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"lang_code": "got",
"roman": "bisauleins",
"sense": "act of defiling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "act of defiling",
"word": "whakapokenga"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"lang_code": "got",
"roman": "bisauleins",
"sense": "state of being defiled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "míasma",
"sense": "state of being defiled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μίασμα"
}
],
"word": "defilement"
}
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