desecrate

/dˈɛsɪkɹˌe‍ɪt/

/dɛsəˈkɹeɪt/, /dɛzəˈkɹeɪt/

to desecrate

MAIN VERB

to insult or damage something that people greatly respect or consider holy, particularly a place

synonyms : outrage

remove the consecration from a person or an object

antonyms : consecrate

to treat something valuable inconsiderately, in a way that affects it badly

Examples

1. Many lanes are desecrated with yellow lines.

2. Ruinous new road schemes that desecrate the countryside.

3. Desecrating a funeral with campaign slogans?

4. In the African wilderness, a wild beast desecrates your loved ones’ graves, and spawns disease and blight with just a glance in your direction.