desecrate
verb (used with object)
to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
desecrater
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a word derived from
desecrate.
Example Sentences
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Tzara, the Dadaist, is a desecrater of traditional art, and is seen cutting up a sonnet by Shakespeare into a bowler hat, the better to randomly reassemble its words.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
They would again send fifty men out into the valley to find and capture this desecrater of their temple.
From Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
