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to desecrate
01
to insult or damage something that people greatly respect or consider holy, particularly a place
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
desecrate
3rd person singular
desecrates
present participle
desecrating
past simple
desecrated
past participle
desecrated
Examples
Vandals desecrated the church by spray-painting graffiti on its walls.
02
to treat something valuable inconsiderately, in a way that affects it badly
Examples
Many lanes are desecrated with yellow lines.
Lexical Tree
desecrated
desecration
desecrate
