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synonyms for desecrate

  • defile
  • dishonor
  • pervert
  • pillage
  • profane
  • ravage
  • befoul
  • blaspheme
  • contaminate
  • desolate
  • despoil
  • devastate
  • devour
  • pollute
  • prostitute
  • sack
  • spoil
  • waste
  • commit sacrilege
  • depredate
  • make lose face
  • mess up
  • spoliate
See also synonyms for: desecrated / desecrating / desecration
On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to desecrate, such as: defile, dishonor, pervert, pillage, profane, and ravage.

antonyms for desecrate

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  • honor
  • protect
  • purify
  • build
  • clean
  • construct
  • help
  • improve
  • save
  • praise
  • sanctify
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How to use desecrate in a sentence

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.
POLICE TOLD A MAN A CONTAINER IN HIS CAR TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS. IT WAS HIS DAUGHTER’S ASHES.ANDREA SALCEDOMAY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POST
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.
ALL YOUR FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER FINALE QUESTIONS, ANSWEREDELIANA DOCKTERMANAPRIL 23, 2021TIME
They took selfies as they smashed windows and doors, desecrated sacred objects and paraded through the Capitol rotunda.
MY FATHER WROTE 'STRANGE FRUIT.' THE CAPITOL RIOTERS HAD A LOT IN COMMON WITH THE LYNCH MOBS THAT INSPIRED THAT SONGROBERT MEEROPOLMARCH 5, 2021TIME
Scientists suspect the mud wrap may have been used to restore the body’s shape after it was desecrated, potentially by tomb robbers.
UNUSUAL MUD SHELL COVERS AN EGYPTIAN MUMMYMARIA TEMMINGFEBRUARY 26, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
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.
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMY WAS WRAPPED IN AN UNUSUAL MUD SHELLMARIA TEMMINGFEBRUARY 3, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
It was no human remains that he was commanded to desecrate; the bones referred to were those of Mother Earth.
STORIES OF OLD GREECE AND ROMEEMILIE KIP BAKER
Do not neglect it; do not misuse it; before all things do not defile and desecrate it.
SERMONSJ. B. LIGHTFOOT
They used to have to stop miles away, as no engine was allowed to desecrate the holy city of Pekin.
EMPIRES AND EMPERORS OF RUSSIA, CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPANPTER VAY
You desecrate our sacred memories when you allow small suspicions and fears to enter your thoughts of me.
TANTEANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK
Proceeding straight up to the high altar, he bent his knee before the God whose name he was now so soon to desecrate.
THE SWEDISH REVOLUTION UNDER GUSTAVUS VASAPAUL BARRON WATSON
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WORDS RELATED TO DESECRATE

  • bang up
  • beat up
  • bung up
  • corrupt
  • cut up
  • damage
  • defile
  • deprave
  • desecrate
  • harm
  • hose
  • ill-treat
  • impair
  • maltreat
  • mar
  • mess up
  • mishandle
  • mistreat
  • misuse
  • molest
  • oppress
  • persecute
  • pollute
  • rough up
  • roughhouse
  • ruin
  • shake up
  • spoil
  • taint
  • total
  • victimize
  • violate
  • wax
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