as in violation
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things
the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar
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Recent Examples of desecration
Against desecration of our flag bill 4.
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Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
In both films, the effect is of a diminution, a depersonalization—not to say, a desecration of the experience of horror that the documentary element embodies.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Brothers Keith and Terrence Nicks were found guilty by separate juries of desecration of human remains, removal of human remains and removal of more than 10 gravestones and markers.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adams was also sentenced to two five-year sentences for unlawful removal of a dead body, and two seven-year sentences for unlawful desecration of a human corpse.
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Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for desecration
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
In both films, the effect is of a diminution, a depersonalization—not to say, a desecration of the experience of horror that the documentary element embodies.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Brothers Keith and Terrence Nicks were found guilty by separate juries of desecration of human remains, removal of human remains and removal of more than 10 gravestones and markers.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adams was also sentenced to two five-year sentences for unlawful removal of a dead body, and two seven-year sentences for unlawful desecration of a human corpse.
—
Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for desecration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desecration
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Lawyers in the gas station lawsuit assert that technology is enabling antitrust violations.
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Beijing has and been accused of serious human violations, including large-scale arbitrary detention of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities, in Xinjiang.
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This was a weak case for blasphemy.
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The president later removed the post in the face of outrage and accusations of blasphemy.
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That’s sacrilege on par with an Ohioan disowning football or a Texan recoiling at the smell of brisket, a Kentuckian thumbing his nose at college basketball.
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Sure, Texans are very hospitable, but playing anything other than country music over the speakers is normally considered sacrilege in that establishment.
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The electoral authority based the candidate bans on a law against corrupt practices that in previous years saw some parliamentary seats bought with money linked to drug trafficking, corruption and tax evasion.
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Seems like far too many appreciate this type of corruption, and making money on SM for lies, is precisely that.
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Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.
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No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love.
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In about seven minutes, with pushing, shoving, and cursing, the agents cleared a path for the van.
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People would literally be in the drive-thru cursing at me.
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In this way, Lapid keeps the emotional aspect of Y’s self-defilement at the forefront of the drama.
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According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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Michael Lind, the writer and New America co-founder, argues in Commonplace, the magazine of Oren Cass’s American Compass, that a decent wage and a safety net should be enough, and that handing workers a stake in capital insults the dignity of their labor.
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