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desecrate

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By testing them for drugs, police “desecrated” Ta’Naja’s ashes, Barnes said in the lawsuit filed against the city of Springfield and six Springfield police officers.

John Walker, when surrounded by people filming his deeds, makes a very different choice and—this cannot be emphasized enough—desecrates the symbolism of the shield by decapitating an innocent man with it.

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They took selfies as they smashed windows and doors, desecrated sacred objects and paraded through the Capitol rotunda.

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Scientists suspect the mud wrap may have been used to restore the body’s shape after it was desecrated, potentially by tomb robbers.

Leg fractures and other damage to the mummy’s body hint that the mud wrap may have been used to restore the body after it was desecrated, potentially by tomb robbers.

It was no human remains that he was commanded to desecrate; the bones referred to were those of Mother Earth.

Do not neglect it; do not misuse it; before all things do not defile and desecrate it.

They used to have to stop miles away, as no engine was allowed to desecrate the holy city of Pekin.

You desecrate our sacred memories when you allow small suspicions and fears to enter your thoughts of me.

Proceeding straight up to the high altar, he bent his knee before the God whose name he was now so soon to desecrate.

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On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to desecrate, such as: defile, dishonor, pervert, pillage, profane, and ravage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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