desecrate

desecrate
verb /ˈdɛs.ɪ.kreɪt,ˈdɛs.ə.kreɪt/
a) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.

Its reform reform! Youre going to turn over a new leaf, and all that, and sign the pledge, and quit cigars, and go to work, and pay your debts, and gravitate back into Sunday-school, where you can make love to the preachers daughter under the guise of religion, and desecrate the sanctity of the innermost pale of the church by confessions at Class of your thorough conversion!

b) To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.

A subsequent owner has desecrated the main hall and robbed it of its grandeur by putting in a floor just beneath the circular windows in order to make an upper room over the hall.

See Also: desecrated, desecration, desecrative, desecrator

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  • Desecrate — Des e*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desecrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desecrating}.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de + sacrare to consecrate, fr …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • desecrate — index contaminate, contemn, debase, dishonor (deprive of honor), impair, misemploy, mistreat, pollute, tarnish …   Law dictionary

  • desecrate — (v.) 1670s, formed from de do the opposite of (see DE (Cf. de )) + stem of CONSECRATE (Cf. consecrate). O.Fr. had dessacrer to profane, and there is a similar formation in Italian; but L. desecrare meant to make holy, with de in this case having… …   Etymology dictionary

  • desecrate — [v] abuse, violate befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, contaminate, defile, depredate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, make lose face*, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack*, spoil, spoliate,… …   New thesaurus

  • desecrate — ► VERB ▪ treat (something sacred) with violent disrespect. DERIVATIVES desecration noun desecrator noun. ORIGIN from DE (Cf. ↑de ) + a shortened form of CONSECRATE(Cf. ↑consecration) …   English terms dictionary

  • desecrate — [des′i krāt΄] vt. desecrated, desecrating [ DE (sense 4) + (CON)SECRATE] to take away the sacredness of; treat as not sacred; profane desecrater n. desecrator …   English World dictionary

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  • desecrate — UK [ˈdesɪˌkreɪt] / US [ˈdesəˌkreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms desecrate : present tense I/you/we/they desecrate he/she/it desecrates present participle desecrating past tense desecrated past participle desecrated to deliberately spoil… …   English dictionary

  • desecrate — transitive verb ( crated; crating) Etymology: de + secrate (as in consecrate) Date: 1675 1. to violate the sanctity of ; profane < desecrate a shrine > 2. to treat disrespectfully …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • desecrate — verb Desecrate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑grave …   Collocations dictionary

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