desecration

Example Sentences

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Certain hardline sections of the ultra-Orthodox community disagree with autopsies, saying any interference with a dead body is a desecration according to the Torah.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

West Virginia, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Louisiana, Iowa, Illinois—these isolated local stories are combining to mark a nationwide desecration of the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

She said she wanted to "unleash the spirit of Lincolnshire" against "the planned desecration of our countryside".

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Native Hawaiians have strongly objected to adding an enormous telescope to the many on Manua Kea, the TMT’s preferred site, regarding it as a further desecration of a sacred place.

From Science Magazine • May 24, 2024

But then, if Helene finds out why I'm down here in the first place, desecration will be the least of her complaints.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir