verb
definition
To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
definition
To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
definition
To change in an inappropriate and destructive way.
adjective
definition
Desecrated.
Examples of desecrate in a Sentence
The enemy is advancing to destroy Russia, to desecrate the tombs of our fathers, to carry off our wives and children.
Please use these; do not desecrate the Monument or surrounding area.
Even with her passenger's walking difficulties this was no reason to desecrate two graves simply for their own benefit.
The campaign group claimed the development would desecrate the area and create an unwelcome precedent for other national parks.
To the very stodgy members of the Royal Academy, Stavans's work only serves to desecrate pure Spanish.
To the very stodgy members of the Royal Academy, Stavans 's work only serves to desecrate pure Spanish.
This foe confounding Thy land, desiring to lay waste the whole world, rises against us; these lawless men are gathered together to overthrow Thy kingdom, to destroy Thy dear Jerusalem, Thy beloved Russia; to defile Thy temples, to overthrow Thine altars, and to desecrate our holy shrines.