as in corruptions
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 desecrations
These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
The idea that Watkins was an enabler of Gein’s murders and subsequent desecrations could be read merely as a part of the show’s aggressive and admitted mingling of fiction and reality.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
The idea that Watkins was an enabler of Gein’s murders and subsequent desecrations could be read merely as a part of the show’s aggressive and admitted mingling of fiction and reality.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desecrations
violations
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Welfare advocates, long highly critical of the San Jose animal shelter, are warning of a potential legal fight if the agency fails to improve animal care — accusing the city of neglect, gross negligence and repeating violations of state law.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Some of those fees, like the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, have absolutely nothing to do with traffic violations.—
Julie Watts,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Desecrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desecrations. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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