Defiler refers to iconoclasts that stains, vandalise or destroy a site, an area considered as "sacred" in a religious, political or symbolic way. This type of villain acts to desecrate its target and make it unworthy of its meaning, attacking a very symbol or value through its representation, and is in some ways similar to a sacrilege.
Defilers attacks a value that they consider as heretical, sinful, insulting or even responsible of their woes, with the intent of taking it down, thus relating to fanatics, violent anarchists or even protestors and rioters, but their actions are almost always exceedingly disrespectful if not downright violent.
Some examples would include fanatics who paint racist symbols in religious graveyards, people who burn or vandalize churches and temples in religious wars, revolutionary who burn down flags, and so on and so forth.
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