as in violates
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 desecrates
In the world of Monster, a person who takes lives and desecrates corpses might someday be capable of redemption.
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Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desecrates
violates
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The procedural breakdown reveals how fundamentally this case violates norms.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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The filing argues that the deployment violates local sovereignty and constitutional limits on the use of military force in domestic law enforcement.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Desecrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desecrates. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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