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sacrilege

[sak-ruh-lij] / ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ /


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His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

That claim might seem like sacrilege to generations of basketball fans who watched golden eras of the NBA from Wilt/Russell to LeBron/Curry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

And while it may be sacrilege to call Isabella Rossellini and Hope Davis superfluous, as an anthropology professor and a flamboyant mother, respectively, they are.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

There was only a dot of cream cheese left, so I had to supplement it with butter — sacrilege to New Yorkers.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023

With that stroke the void moved from sacrilege to holiness.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife