Desecrate

['desɪkreɪt] or ['dɛsɪ'kret]

Definition

(verb.) remove the consecration from a person or an object.

(verb.) violate the sacred character of a place or language; 'desecrate a cemetery'; 'violate the sanctity of the church'; 'profane the name of God'.

Typed by Bartholdi--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

Typist: Malcolm

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Profane, abuse, pollute, prostitute, misuse, pervert, treat sacrilegiously.

Edited by Astor

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Profane, secularize, misuse, abuse, prostitute, pollute

ANT:Use, employ, devote, dedicate, consecrate, solemnize, sanctify, purify,reconcile

Typed by Dave

Definition

v.t. to divert from a sacred purpose: to profane.—ns. Desecrat′er -or Desecrā′tion act of desecrating: profanation.

Typed by Eugenia