as in to violate
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti
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Kick Kennedy also was featured in news reports about her father’s affinity for desecrating animal corpses.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
The company says that Greenpeace included false statements in a letter to the company’s banks that asserted construction of the pipeline desecrated tribal burial grounds and important cultural sites.
—Jennifer Safstrom, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
How could the Chicago Archdiocese allow the Rev. Michael Pfleger to desecrate sacred parish grounds built on American soil and off the sweat of immigrants?
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
But when the government is being deliberately desecrated, disasters are all but guaranteed.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
The company says that Greenpeace included false statements in a letter to the company’s banks that asserted construction of the pipeline desecrated tribal burial grounds and important cultural sites.
—Jennifer Safstrom, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
How could the Chicago Archdiocese allow the Rev. Michael Pfleger to desecrate sacred parish grounds built on American soil and off the sweat of immigrants?
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
But when the government is being deliberately desecrated, disasters are all but guaranteed.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for desecrate
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“Desecrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desecrate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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