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desecrate

verb

1 desecrate

Violate the sacred character of a place or language:
— Desecrate a cemetery.

synonyms: outrage, profane, violate.

Roget 679: misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate.    desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste etc. 638; overtask, overtax, overwork: squander etc. ... show more

Roget 929: hold in disrespect etc. (despise) 930; misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; ... show more

Roget 988: be impious etc. adj., profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff; swear etc. (malediction) 908; commit sacrilege.    snuffle; ... show more

Dutch: ontwijden

2 desecrate

Remove the consecration from a person or an object.

synonyms: deconsecrate, unhallow.

Dutch: profaneren, desacraliseren, schenden, ontheiligen, ontwijden


Moby thesaurus: abuse, adulterate, alloy, befoul, canker, cheapen, coarsen, commit sacrilege, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, debase, debauch, defalcate, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature ... show more.

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