desecration

Example Sentences

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Indigenous residents protest the potential desecration of their ancestral land.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among the commentariat, the president’s desecration of the East Wing is getting at least as much criticism as his extralegal killings at sea.

From Los Angeles Times

The attack on a Manchester synagogue which killed two people was a "desecration" that has "changed us all forever", its leaders have said.

From BBC

If you see someone as a martyr, then opposition to their movement is not merely disagreement, it is desecration.

From Salon

The justices backed up that ruling a short time later, invalidating a federal law banning desecration of the flag that was passed in Johnson’s wake.

From Salon