desecrate
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desecrate
- /ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/
- /ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t/
Where it comes from
From de- + stem of consecrate.
verb desecrates · desecrating · desecrated
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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
Similar: defile
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To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
Similar: deconsecrate, desanctify
- To change in an inappropriate and destructive manner. 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.
Similar: unhallow, corrupt, desecrate, profanate, profane, profanize, pollute, sully, tarnish, violate, pervert · Opposite: consecrate
adjective more desecrate · most desecrate
- Desecrated. Here are the very nooks where the unwashed most abound—here are the temples most desecrate.
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verb to profane or violate sacredness
| Español | profanar, desecrar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 훼손하다 hwesonhada, 더럽히다 deoreophida |
| 日本語 | 冒涜する bōtoku suru, 冒す okasu, 神聖を汚す |
| 中文 | 褻瀆 /亵渎 xièdú, 污辱 wūrǔ |
| Kiswahili | -najisi |
| Português | profanar |
| Français | profaner, désacraliser |
| Deutsch | entheiligen, schänden, entweihen |
| Italiano | profanare, dissacrare |
| Ελληνικά | βεβηλώνω vevilóno |
| Română | profana, pângări, spurca |
| Русский | оскверня́ть oskvernjátʹ, оскверни́ть oskvernítʹ, надруга́ться nadrugátʹsja |
| עברית | חילל \ חִלֵּל khilél |
verb to remove the consecration
| Português | desconsagrar, profanar |
|---|---|
| Français | désécrer |
| Italiano | sconsacrare |
| Română | desacraliza |
verb to inappropriately change
| Français | désacraliser, profaner |
|---|---|
| Italiano | dissacrare |
| Română | profana |
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