Sekirov Dictionary

desecrate

/ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/

verb 3
adjective 1
forms 7

verb3

•
To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
- Tonight nothing is too sacred, we desecrate and live in sin — 1984
•
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. — 1913
To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.

adjective1

•
(rare) Desecrated.
- Here are the very nooks where the unwashed most abound—here are the temples most desecrate. — 1842

forms

desecrated · desecrating · desecrates · desecrateth · desecratest · more desecrate · most desecrate

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