desecrate
verb (used with object)
to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
will desecrate
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future tenseof desecrate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“The removal will desecrate, damage, and likely destroy the Memorial longstanding at ANC as a grave marker and impede the Memorial’s eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places,” the lawsuit accuses.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
Native people say the mine will desecrate Oak Flat, a site for coming-of-age rituals for Apache women, healing sweat lodge ceremonies and other big and small moments in the lives of Native people.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Telescope opponents say the project will desecrate land held sacred by Native Hawaiians.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2019
"There were four of us that took up this mission. We could not move the bodies of Saddam's sons. We are afraid someone will desecrate those graves."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2014
It is not here that I will desecrate my lips with undertaking to retort in that manner.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett
