transcription, транскрипция: [ desɪkreɪt ]
( desecrates, desecrating, desecrated)
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...
VERB : V n
• des‧ecra‧tion
The whole area has been shocked by the desecration of the cemetery.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n