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desecration

[des-i-krey-shuhn] / dɛs ɪˈkreɪ ʃən /


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The non-profit group Cultural Landscape Foundation has sued to stop the makeover, calling the blue paint job "desecration."

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

So going back nearly 60 years, the late Mr. Flint has been left to quietly suffer the indignities of desecration and abandonment, but for temporary intervention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 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

“When a body is left alone after death, in a state of desecration, the soul becomes corrupted,” he said, as though I hadn’t even spoken.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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