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DEFILER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defiler mean?
• DEFILER (noun)
The noun DEFILER has 1 sense:
1. a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
Familiarity information: DEFILER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
defiler; polluter
Hypernyms ("defiler" is a kind of...):
bad person (a person who does harm to others)
Derivation:
defile (spot, stain, or pollute)
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