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 .
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1913 Webster ]
The [
Russian ]
clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated . --
W .
Tooke .
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1913 Webster ]
The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations . --
Salmon .
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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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