Synonyms of desecrated

desecrated

verb

past tense of desecrate

as in violated

to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect

vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violated
• destroyed
• defiled
• profaned
• demolished
• ravaged
• ruined
• raided
• insulted
• robbed
• contaminated
• tainted
• sullied
• cursed
• wrecked
• blasphemed
• polluted
• plundered
• desacralized
• deconsecrated
• soiled
• swore
• looted
• despoiled
• decimated
• devastated
• defamed
• poisoned
• stripped
• razed
• offended
• affronted
• sacked
• outraged
• desanctified
• pillaged
• befouled
• desolated
• annihilated
• ransacked
• fouled
• wasted
• crushed
• spoiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dedicated
• consecrated
• blessed
• honored
• respected
• sanctified
• hallowed
• purified
• purged
• cleansed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of desecrated

Then in January 2026, according to police, a potential family member reached out to police and said the mausoleum and grave of a relative at Riverview Cemetery were unlawfully desecrated in 2002. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026

Skeletal remains found in a Wilmington, Delaware, park 15 years ago have been identified as a woman who died in 1907, and whose gravesite was later desecrated. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

The measure adds new grounds to Argentina’s immigration law, allowing authorities to bar, deport and revoke visas of people found to have promoted hatred against Argentines in spoken or written statements or who have desecrated national symbols. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

The mission also alleges that evidence was planted and bodies were desecrated. — Patrick Peralta, The Conversation, 28 May 2026

Javien Wright, the man whose grave was desecrated, was, with a gun by his side, shot to death outside a house in the 1500 block of East Mulkey Street in February 2020. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026

More synagogues in Canada in the past 28 months have been desecrated, burned, shot at, or threatened with bombings than in any other country. — Jesse Brown, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026

In 1993, White Supremacists in Billings desecrated a Jewish cemetery, sent bomb threats to a synagogue and threw a brick at a menorah in the window of a five-year-old Jewish boy. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025

Never in the storied history of MomTok have the core brand values been this desecrated. — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025