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desecrate 音標拼音: [dɛzəkr'et] [dɛsəkr'et] vt. 供俗用,褻瀆,污辱 供俗用,褻瀆,污辱 desecrate v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language; " desecrate a cemetery"; " violate the sanctity of the church"; " profane the name of God" [ synonym: { desecrate}, { profane}, { outrage}, { violate}] 2: remove the consecration from a person or an object [ synonym: { desecrate}, { unhallow}, { deconsecrate}] [ ant: { bless}, { consecrate}, { hallow}, { sanctify}] 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] 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
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