desecrate

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To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate
To inappropriately change

A subsequent owner has desecrated the main hall and robbed it of its grandeur by putting in a floor just beneath the circular windows in order to make an upper room over the hall.

To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something

It's reform -- reform! You're going to 'turn over a new leaf,' and all that, and sign the pledge, and quit cigars, and go to work, and pay your debts, and gravitate back into Sunday-school, where you can make love to the preacher's daughter under the guise of religion, and desecrate the sanctity of the innermost pale of the church by confessions at Class of your 'thorough conversion'!.

{v} to pollute things sacred
remove the consecration from a person or an object
If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it. She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader + desecration des·ecra·tion The whole area has been shocked by the desecration of the cemetery. to spoil or damage something holy or respected (de- + consecrate)
violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
{f} defile, violate, profane, pollute
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; the opposite of consecrate
remove the consecration from a person or an object violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God
{f} dishallow
desecrate a grave
defile or damage a burial place
desecration
An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred
desecrator
A person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something
desecration
{n} a pollution of things sacred
desecrated
treated with contempt; "many desecrated shrines and cemeteries
desecrated
treated with contempt; "many desecrated shrines and cemeteries"
desecrated
{s} profaned, violated, defiled
desecrated
past of desecrate
desecrates
third-person singular of desecrate
desecrating
present participle of desecrate
desecration
An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred; blasphemy, sacrilege or profanation
desecration
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"
desecration
The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated
desecration
{i} defilement, violation, profanation, sacrilege
desecrator
{i} one who defiles or profanes
desecrator
One who desecrates
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