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UK
/dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪtɪd/
]
[ US /dɛsəˈkɹeɪtɪd, dɛzəˈkɹeɪtɪd/ ]
[ US /dɛsəˈkɹeɪtɪd, dɛzəˈkɹeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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treated with disrespect and contempt
many desecrated shrines and cemeteries
How To Use desecrated In A Sentence
- It is depressing for teachers and pupils alike to see their working environment desecrated by the moronic minority.
- Instead of being apotheosized, it must be desecrated.
- The book was for many days snubbed, buffeted, browbeaten; and the care fully-woven tapestry was torn into shreds and trampled upon; and it seemed that the patiently sculptured shrine was overtured and despised and desecrated. St. Elmo
- She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader.
- And after the New World, would not the Old in its turn, be desecrated by the mad career of this remarkable automobilist? The Master of the World
- We have been annoyed at finding his lofty name desecrated to base uses. Moon Lore
- He said the people in the caravans had desecrated every area and they would just have to take strong action so that it would not happen again.
- Wouldn't the Damarian's be ticked that she "desecrated" their temple? HH Com 205 (201)
- A distressed son is calling for greater security at a cemetery after three gravestones were desecrated by vandals.
- It is depressing for teachers and pupils alike to see their working environment desecrated by the moronic minority.