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

Those are the kinds of things that can't be broken into or taken away or desecrated. — 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