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UK
/dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/
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[ US /dɛsəˈkɹeɪt, dɛzəˈkɹeɪt/ ]
[ US /dɛsəˈkɹeɪt, dɛzəˈkɹeɪt/ ]
VERB
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violate the sacred character of a place or language
violate the sanctity of the church
desecrate a cemetery
profane the name of God - remove the consecration from a person or an object
How To Use desecrate In A Sentence
- (Not to be confused with what we call cookies)To serve Devon, or Cornwall clotted cream would desecrate a good southern biscuit (and be a waste of the cream really, I prefer it on saffron buns)a bit of plain cream, fresh butter, and cane syrup poured over a hot biscuit is ambrosia. Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea
- This has not been the case recently, as mindless youths disrespect, desecrate and defile the church and its surrounding area.
- We made little houses from reams of sailcloth and we took turns keeping the fire lest wild animals should want to desecrate the body. Flower boat
- I'm sure "desecrated", if s/he is a real person, never made a joke that could hurt someone else's feelings. Body Parts, Cadavers and Rochester Ties, Oh My!
- Irrigate and desecrate, we can always sell telstra and call the battler - mate. Telstra is saving the environment
- But to claim this blogger "desecrated" the photo is ridiculous. Palin hits back at 'malicious' photo
- It is depressing for teachers and pupils alike to see their working environment desecrated by the moronic minority.
- And yeah, there's folks that this is the "very word of a deity" spoken to a guy in Arabia long ago, but if freedom speech and religion means anything, it means the freedom to ridicule, insult, and yes, "desecrate" whatever others think is "holy. Notes in Samsara
- However, a Council spokesman said the roots of the trees that had been felled were damaged, and it was not correct to state that they had set out to desecrate the area.
- There's plenty of narcissism triggers in his background - the highly respected, distant father, whose values he gleefully desecrates even as he treats him with an almost somber respect.