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
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Recent Examples of desecrated
Those are the kinds of things that can't be broken into or taken away or desecrated.
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Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
The mission also alleges that evidence was planted and bodies were desecrated.
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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.
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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.
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Jesse Brown,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
Officials determined that a total of 26 underground vaults and mausoleums were broken into or desecrated from November 2025 until the day Gerlach was caught.
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Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 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.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
16 Dec. 2025
Never in the storied history of MomTok have the core brand values been this desecrated.
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Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Trump’s order also directs administration officials to terminate or revoke visas if foreign nationals are found to have desecrated the flag.
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Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
17 Sep. 2025
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
6 June 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
Officials determined that a total of 26 underground vaults and mausoleums were broken into or desecrated from November 2025 until the day Gerlach was caught.
—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 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
Trump’s order also directs administration officials to terminate or revoke visas if foreign nationals are found to have desecrated the flag.
—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desecrated
violated
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But the court ruled in February that Republican counter plans violated a Utah referendum prohibiting gerrymandering, solidifying the single district centered on the increasingly liberal Salt Lake City.
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The crash was not an accident, Adams said, because Pino violated several navigational rules — and piloted the boat without thinking about the well-being of his wife, daughter and the 11 girls on the boat.
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