reconsecrate

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Recent Examples of reconsecrate Tears and smiles could be seen at Congregation Beth Israel on Thursday as the members prepared to reconsecrate the synagogue after a gunman held Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others hostage almost three months ago. Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2022 Aymond explained that the ensuing ritual would reconsecrate the altar and the church to Christ. Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsecrate
Verb
  • Some of these caves have fireplaces, and some were consecrated and used as churches, known as rupestre.
    Aileen Weintraub, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
  • And so, next door to the photo booth where Nic and Cierra consecrated their mutual vibe, cowgirl style, Hannah climbs onto Pepe’s muscular thighs and gets a little cowgirl make-out of her own.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Mitevska also refuses to sanctify Mother Teresa more than necessary, instead portraying her as a strict disciplinarian who believed in organizational practicality as much as in the inherent holiness of children.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In Gaza, addressing famine means sanctifying life instead of normalizing violent death.
    Karl Vick, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The coronation merely confirms and sacralizes his inheritance.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
Verb
  • Berenter said people have become more familiar with the concept of purifying sewage — and much more trusting of the science behind it — since San Diego first floated the idea two decades ago.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Like the process of purifying reuse water, the desalination process is more expensive than the typical methods of treating non-brackish groundwater for consumption.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As long as the message hasn’t changed and people are still blessed and inspired, that’s all that matters.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Sands points to data showing that the world has gotten substantially better at finding people with TB since the World Health Organization blessed the AI technology in 2021 and released a toolkit on how to properly calibrate it to each local population and setting.
    NPR, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In a new political environment in which none of the new leaders could claim to be revolutionary founding fathers, Deng’s blessing hallowed Jiang and Hu and helped ensure that each survived the vicissitudes of succession politics.
    Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In a world where hallowed news organizations transform into conservative mouthpieces and ​milquetoast late-night jokes are grounds for suspension, satirical headlines from the Onion can feel closer to real life than parody.
    Manisha Krishnan, Wired News, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Crystals that cleanse All three minerals sped up the breakdown under typical environmental conditions, but the rate depended heavily on crystal structure.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The bars further the theme of NLE as a figure sent to cleanse the rap world of allegedly negative influences.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Reconsecrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsecrate. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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