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  Desecrate \Des"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Desecrating.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of
     desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken
     in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- +
     sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment
           without being previously desecrated.     --W. Tooke.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those
           who should desecrate their donations.    --Salmon.
     [1913 Webster]

  Desecrate \Des"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Desecrating.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of
     desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken
     in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- +
     sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
     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.
  
           The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment
           without being previously desecrated.     --W. Tooke.
  
           The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those
           who should desecrate their donations.    --Salmon.

  desecrate
       v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
            "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the
            church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: profane, outrage,
             violate]
       2: remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: deconsecrate]
          [ant: consecrate]

  desecrate
     a.
     (lb en rare) desecrated.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity
  of something.

  desecrate
     a.
     (lb en rare) desecrated.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity
  of something.

  desecrate
     a.
     (lb en rare) desecrated.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity
  of something.

  desecrate
     a.
     (lb en rare) desecrated.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity
  of something.

  desecrate
     Englanti vb.
     häväistä, häpäistä

  desecrate
     Engelska vb.
     vanhelga, skända, bringa skam

  Desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/
  دنّس

  desecrate //ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t// //ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t// 
  оскверня́вам
  to profane or violate sacredness

  desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/
  znesvětit

  desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/
  zhanobit

  desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/ 
  entheiligen 
   see: desecrating, desecrated, desecrates, desecrated
  

  desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/ 
  etw. entweihen, schänden, beflecken [geh.] , besudeln  [geh.]
     Synonyms: profane, defile sth.
  
   see: desecrating, profaning, defiling, desecrated, profaned, defiled, desecrates, profanes, defiles, desecrated, profaned, defiled
  

  desecrate //ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t// //ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t// 
  häpäistä
  to profane or violate sacredness

  desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/ 
  1. भ्रष्ट~करना
        "Foreign invaders desecrated many idols in the temples. "

  desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/
  oskrnaviti

  desecrate //ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t// //ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t// 
  冒す, 冒涜, 神聖を汚す
  to profane or violate sacredness

  desecrate /ˈdesɪkreɪt/ 
    bezcześcić

  desecrate //ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t// //ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t// 
  skända, vanhelga
  to profane or violate sacredness

  desecrate /dˈɛsɪkɹˌeɪt/
  1. kutsal bir şeye karşı hürmetsizlikte bulunmak, kutsal bir gayeden çevirmek, uzaklaştırmak. desecration  mukaddesata hürmetsizlik, tecavüz.

  
/dɛsəˈkɹeɪt/, /dɛzəˈkɹeɪt/

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "desecrate":
     abuse, adulterate, alloy, befoul, canker, cheapen, coarsen,
     commit sacrilege, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, debase,
     debauch, defalcate, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade,
     denature, deprave, depredate, desolate, despoil, devalue,
     devastate, devour, dishonor, distort, divert, embezzle, foul,
     infect, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy,
     mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pillage,
     poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, ravish, sack,
     spoliate, taint, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize,
     warp, waste
  
  

  v. 供俗用,亵渎,污辱;

     vt. 供俗用,亵渎,污辱