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
The decision upheld a Texas Court of Appeals ruling that reversed Gregory Lee Johnson’s conviction under a Texas law banning flag desecration.
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
That flag desecration is protected by the First Amendment doesn’t diminish the emotional charge of seeing one burned.
—Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
He was charged with violating a Texas law for desecration of a venerated object.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The order also tells the DOJ to refer flag-desecration cases to state and local authorities, even as many of those jurisdictions once relied on statutes the Supreme Court struck down more than three decades ago.
—Nik Popli, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
That flag desecration is protected by the First Amendment doesn’t diminish the emotional charge of seeing one burned.
—Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
He was charged with violating a Texas law for desecration of a venerated object.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The order also tells the DOJ to refer flag-desecration cases to state and local authorities, even as many of those jurisdictions once relied on statutes the Supreme Court struck down more than three decades ago.
—Nik Popli, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desecration
Noun
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Another major violation would be improper cooling.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Adav Noti, a former FEC general counsel and now executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, says even with a quorum, the commission has historically done very little to regulate campaign finance violations.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The European Parliament has twice called for Yahaya’s release, asking Nigeria to set an example by abolishing the blasphemy laws under which he has been detained for over five years.—
Sean Nelson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Yes, all this is whimsical blasphemy.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For years, Apple treated the idea of windows on the iPad as sacrilege.—
Craig Grannell,
Wired News,
16 Aug. 2025
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And still, Wankdorf Stadium heaved with Portuguese song, as if any other noise outside of a goal celebration might border on sacrilege.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
Noun
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In 2019, the 37-year-old Bukele ran for president as a populist outsider promising to defeat crime and corruption in a nation with one of the world’s worst homicide rates and a history of former presidents being charged with crimes.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Milei has had more success taming Argentina’s hyperinflation than first expected, but has been dealing with a brewing currency crisis and several corruption scandals.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 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
Noun
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There was yelling, taunting and cursing from fans.—
Bob Harkins,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Running offstage, costumes disheveled, strategizing, cursing.—
Lauren Rothery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The insults have been flying in the back-and-forth, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight for at least the short term.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some others within the group interpreted Yahaya’s lyrics as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad.—
Sean Nelson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Desecration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desecration. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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