desecrate
de zuh krayt
- v violate the sacred character of a place or language
desecrate a cemetery - v remove the consecration from a person or an object
- Like an action replay of what happened earlier just a few days earlier, now the opposite party roamed the streets killing their opponents and desecrating their places of worship.
- The inhabitants pride was outraged that the occupation forces had desecrated their land by stepping into their shores.
- Bulldozers desecrated the ancient burial ground when they graded the area for the installation of a new parking lot.