dirtying

/ˈdɜrtiɪŋ/
verb
  1. Making something dirty; causing something to become soiled or unclean.
    • Please don't dirty the kitchen counters with your muddy boots.
    • The kids were dirtying their clothes by rolling down the grassy hill.
    • The factory's smoke was dirtying the air for miles around.
  2. Damaging or spoiling something's good reputation or purity.
    • The scandal was dirtying the politician's once-clean image.
    • He felt that the lies were dirtying the memory of his friend.
    • False accusations can dirty a person's name for years.
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