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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The company conducts extensive background checks on drivers, including criminal history, driving violations and civil suits, Uber’s attorneys said.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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In each case, Police Oversight determined through its review that officers had violated department general orders — including excessive force and conduct violations — but APD closed the cases administratively and provided no formal response to objections.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Desecrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desecrations. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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