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• v  violate the sacred character of a place or language
• v  remove the consecration from a person or an object
• a  treated with contempt
  many desecrated shrines and cemeteries

• Gutierrez's particular passion is Mount Banahaw, an extinct volcano 100 kilometers south of Manila that is believed to be mystically endowedbut a site frequently desecrated by .
• At least two Protestant churches in the area have been similarly desecrated.
• And while desecrated, defecated-on statues are immune, live human beings are not.

• desecrate
• profane
• outrage
• violate
• unhallow
• deconsecrate

• consecrate
• consecrated

News & Articles

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• Cleansing, healing after shooting at St. James
  OGDEN — Father Erik Richtsteig led his flock around the chapel as he sprinkled holy water to cleanse the desecrated...
  June 21, 2013 - FOX 13 Utah
• Deputies: Suspects vandalize Jones County church, desecrate U.S. flag
  Two men have been charged for allegedly vandalizing a Jones County church in an attempt to steal money. Deputies said the suspects also desecrated an American flag during the crime.
  June 17, 2013 - News Channel 12 New Bern

Quotes

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• Neal Horsley in PinkNews.co.uk
  In the YouTube video, he said: "What Elton John has done is desecrated the image of the Lord Jesus Christ, blasphemed the Lord Jesus Christ."
• Urmas Paet in Brisbane Times
  Paet said he had been "assured that Russia would fulfill its obligations in ensuring the safety of all Estonian representations in Russia. A day later, the wall of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow has been desecrated," he said in a statement.
• Russel Norman in TVNZ
  Our country can be more than just dirty extractive industries - cow faeces in our water and national parks desecrated by mining. We can be more than a quick buck, more than what we can dig up, suck up and sell off,says Norman.