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desecrate

[ des-i-kreyt ]

verb (used with object)

desecrated, desecrating.
  1. to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
  2. to divert from a sacred to a profane use or purpose.
  3. to treat with sacrilege; profane.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



desecrate

/ 藞诲蓻蝉瑟藢办谤别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to violate or outrage the sacred character of (an object or place) by destructive, blasphemous, or sacrilegious action
  2. to remove the consecration from (a person, object, building, etc); deconsecrate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞诲别蝉别藢肠谤补迟辞谤, noun
  • 藢诲别蝉别藞肠谤补迟颈辞苍, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别蝉路别路肠谤补迟路别谤 诲别蝉路别路肠谤补路迟辞谤 noun
  • 诲别蝉路别路肠谤补路迟颈辞苍 [des-i-, krey, -sh, uh, n] noun
  • 耻苍路诲别蝉路别路肠谤补迟路别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of desecrate1

First recorded in 1665鈥75; de- + -secrate, modeled on consecrate
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of desecrate1

C17: from de- + consecrate
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Tension was brewing between us, but I was terrified to address it and desecrate our sacred platonic bond as roommates.

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"After the killing, you desecrated your husband's corpse. I do not know why you killed him."

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A hospitalman at the former Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., was charged with, among other things, desecrating the flag by blowing his nose on one.

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The crypt was also damaged during another break in, also in 2019, and the church said at the time that several mummified remains - including the 400-year-old remains of a nun - were desecrated.

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Family and friends feared that the killers or their allies, who remain at large, would desecrate any memorial, as they did to tributes that cropped up shortly after his death.

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