Desecration
[,desɪ'kreɪʃn]
Definition
(n.) The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.
Edited by Abraham
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Profanation, pollution, misuse, abuse, prostitution, perversion.
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Examples
- This desecration was not the act of some isolated fanatic; it was the official act of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It seemed like desecration, but then we had traveled far, and our necessities were urgent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- All this was impudence and desecration, and he repented that he had brought her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Ricky