Desecrate
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To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from asacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to anunworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without beingpreviously desecrated. W. Tooke.The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who shoulddesecrate their donations. Salmon.
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To profane, divert from sacred purpose.
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To have contempt for or show disrespect for something that someone holds sacred or holy. To violate the sacredness of something. To defile something holy.
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Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.
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