Entry Word: desecrate

Function: verb

Meaning: to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect <vandals desecrated the cemetery last night with graffiti>

Synonyms defile, profane, violate

Related Words blaspheme, curse, swear; befoul, contaminate, foul, pollute; affront, insult, offend; crush, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage, raze, ruin, waste, wreck; despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, sack, spoil, strip

Near Antonyms bless, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, sanctify; honor, respect; cleanse, purify