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Word of the day
for June 15
defile n
  1. A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
  2. (military)
    1. An act of marching in files or lines.
    2. A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.

defile v (military, also figuratively)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To march in a single file or line; to file.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To march across (a place) in files or lines. [...]
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