desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
dehumanisation
- n the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
defile
- n a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- v place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- v make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- v spot, stain, or pollute
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it