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a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation" spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" |
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