Desecrate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To violate the sacredness of; profane.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
  • v. To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
  • v. To inappropriately change.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To divest of sacred or hallowed character or office; divert from a sacred purpose or appropriation; treat with sacrilege; profane; pollute.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. violate the sacred character of a place or language
  • v. remove the consecration from a person or an object
  • Antonym
    consecrate   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assault    assail    attack    Seton    turn    reverse    change by reversal   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    profane    contaminate    defile    unhallow    pollute    violate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state