desecrate
verb (used with object)
to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
desecrates
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present tense formof desecrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Electronic advertising desecrates the bridges, but boringly so, and outside the window of Owen’s Roosevelt Island apartment, a neon ad for Oral-B alternates with one for Jolly Rancher.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2018
Mr. Khan had filed a brief in the case with a stark personal appeal to the court, saying Mr. Trump’s policy desecrates the memory of his son, U.S.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2018
Some purists may feel that all this desecrates the temple of sushi.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2015
"Gehry's design for the memorial dishonors, mocks and desecrates Eisenhower," wrote the group's president, Justin Shubow, saying the design is "topsy-turvy in its proportions."
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2012
It is a pity; it lightens it up, and desecrates it horribly, especially as the woman says that there were formerly paintings on the walls, now obliterated forever.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various
