DESECRATE


Meaning of DESECRATE in English

v.tr. 1 violate (a sacred place or thing) with violence, profanity, etc. 2 deprive (a church, a sacred object, etc.) of sanctity; deconsecrate. desecration n. desecrator n.

[ DE- + CONSECRATE ]

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