profanes

present tense third-person singular of profane
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as in abuses
to put to a bad or improper use profaned his considerable acting talents by appearing in some wretched movies

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Verb
  • Gasoline mixed with ethanol degrades even faster than pure gasoline and may not even last three months.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The setup only degrades further over the four episodes screened for critics.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Bowles abuses those pass-blocking rules by stunting the three-technique, Logan Hall (90), across the left guard's face, knowing the guard will follow him.
    Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Critics, including legal scholars and lawmakers, argue the campaign violates international law by targeting civilians without due process.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the world of Monster, a person who takes lives and desecrates corpses might someday be capable of redemption.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To show him who’s boss, Catherine turns around and buys Pac-North, humiliates him by closing it, and forces him back to Grey Sloan.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There’s always a moment in which somebody humiliates the villain and now all the love in him is gone.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The ruched toe boxes are another style that playfully subverts the classic loafer design, offering an unfussy ease that helps soften more masculine tailoring.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2025
  • DiCaprio, 50, subverts his Hollywood leading man image by wearing a ratty red robe, unkempt hair and oversized sunglasses as former revolutionary and current stoner Bob Ferguson, who is forced back into action to save himself and his daughter (Chase Infiniti) from paramilitary enforcers.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rising intolerance that results erodes social cohesion, undermines support for democratic norms and weakens trust in institutions.
    Andrew Rojecki, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Blocking them causes disruption to the cells’ energy-generating mitochondria and leads to oxidative stress, which further weakens cancer.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Profanes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profanes. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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