Definition of desecration
: an act or instance of desecrating : the state of being desecrated
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Examples of desecration in a Sentence
the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar
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Christopher Costello, 29, faces retrial in July after a jury deadlocked on a charge of aggravated manslaughter in the death of DuBois and convicted him of hindering prosecution and desecration of human remains.
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His brother, Kevin Garcia-Boettler, 22, faces charges of being an accessory to murder, desecration of a corpse and unlawful removal of a body.
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The tribe considers disturbing the quarry mounds a desecration because the tribe believes disturbing the dead condemns their souls to wander, the court added.
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And perhaps nowhere is that gall more evident than in their continued desecration of the Social Security baby-name database.
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The 16-year-old, Brett Boettler, is charged as an adult with one count each of first-degree murder and second-degree murder, desecration of a corpse, unlawful removal of a body and for having a gun after he had been convicted as a juvenile.
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Ipsen was at first appalled by the desecration of the pristine desert.
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The teen is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, unlawful removal of a dead body, desecration of human corpse and possessing a firearm after delinquent adjudication.
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Barker is being charged with accessory after the fact, unlawful removal of a body, and desecration of a human corpse.
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First Known Use of desecration
circa 1717
desecration Synonyms
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blasphemy, defilement, impiety, irreverence, profanation, sacrilege;
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