Definition of desecration
:an act or instance of desecrating :the state of being desecrated
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the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar
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Because Jefferson is so closely linked to the Charlottesville area, the statue of him in his memorial on the mall, should be the first target of DC desecration.
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Now look at the trail of desecration that stretches from the Friday night march across the grounds of the University of Virginia to Trump’s press conference the following Tuesday.
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Anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise, including the second desecration of the Holocaust memorial in Boston.
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He has been charged with ethnic intimidation, indecent exposure, institutional vandalism, desecration objects, open lewdness, harassment and disorderly conduct.
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To some, his performance must have seemed a desecration of Beethoven, but his spellbinding approach was so ferociously startling that its technical deficits were outweighed by Mustonen’s compelling vision.
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Recalling the destruction of the original Temples can be related to the desecration and destruction of sacred places that is happening in many parts of the world today.
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Seven months later, Cheng Chung-tai faces a charge of flag desecration and as many as three years in jail.
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Przybycien is now charged with first-degree murder and desecration of a human body in the death of Jchandra Brown.
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First Known Use of desecration
circa 1717
desecration Synonyms
Synonyms
defilement, blasphemy, impiety, irreverence, profanation, sacrilegeAntonyms
adoration, glorification, worshipRelated Words
cursing, profanity, swearing; affront, insult; violation; contamination, corruption, debasement, pollution; sin, trespassNear Antonyms
consecration, purification, sanctification; reverence, venerationLearn More about desecration
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