To desecrate means to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect. The news sometimes reports on vandals who have desecrated tombstones or places of worship.
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
Verb
remove the consecration from a person or an object
Verb
violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
v. t.
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert
from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put
to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
Desecrate
The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated.
The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations.
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
Usage Examples
This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character.
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