as in violation
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things
the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar
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Recent Examples of desecration
Artifact theft and desecration are surprisingly common in national parks.
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Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
Another count, desecration of a human corpse, was dismissed.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Gledhill is facing nine charges including one count of first degree murder, five counts of felony obstruction of justice, one count of tampering with a witness and one count of abuse or desecration of a dead human body, according to court records.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The flagrant desecration remains a defining feature of Rio’s reputation today.
—The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
Another count, desecration of a human corpse, was dismissed.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Gledhill is facing nine charges including one count of first degree murder, five counts of felony obstruction of justice, one count of tampering with a witness and one count of abuse or desecration of a dead human body, according to court records.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The flagrant desecration remains a defining feature of Rio’s reputation today.
—The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desecration
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TikTok is awaiting a final ruling from the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments regarding the ban’s potential violation of the First Amendment on Jan. 10.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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Use regular audits, whistleblower protections and incident tracking systems to address violations.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Or should the text be altered ever so slightly, ever so surgically, for clarity and depth—thus reprising the blasphemies of Max Brod?Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
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For some reason, this idea of a period of cheap fossil fuels to accelerate the energy transition is blasphemy, even though a case study already exists in China.Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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But sometimes movies need a little sacrilege to achieve their full potential.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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However, that didn’t stop right-wing figures around the world, including Donald Trump, from claiming that the performance amounted to sacrilege, leading to widespread harassment against Jolly, as well as some of the performers involved.James Factora, Them, 29 Oct. 2024
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The first is Sweeney Todd — an interesting choice, seeing as Stephen Sondheim’s cannibalistic tale explores themes of political corruption and the destructive forces of free markets.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
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The committee identified graft and corruption, inefficiencies and waste.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love.John Edgar Wideman, The New Yorker, 8 July 2021
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The first assault is on the Nile itself, which is turned to blood, thereby ruining both agriculture and aquaculture in one swoop, a profanation with religious consequences.Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Nov. 2019
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This is a dangerous conflation and an insult to women who choose to cook.Mina Holland, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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This can be through verbal insults, physical acts like slapping and spitting, or openly degrading someone by telling them to perform humiliating tasks (say, drinking a random glass of milk in front of your work colleagues).Fran Tirado, Them, 10 Jan. 2025
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