Sentence example with the word 'desecrate'

desecrate

abuse, coarsen, debase, degrade, devalue, embezzle, misemploy, pilfer, ravage, ulcerate

Definition v. violate the sacred character of a place or language

Last update: October 19, 2015


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Foreign invaders desecrated many idols in the temples. .   [verb]

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Please use these; do not desecrate the Monument or surrounding area.   [verb]

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Inchiquin 's forces slaughter the defenders as well as priests and civilians, then desecrate the church.   [verb]

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The scoundrels have made great havoc there with Lady Margaret's muniments of antiquity, and have desecrated and destroyed what the good lady called the Throne of his most Sacred Majesty.   [verb]

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The great idol was desecrated.   [verb]

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Anthony Comstock, or some other equally ignorant policeman, has been given power to desecrate genius, to soil and mutilate the sublimest creation of nature--the human form.   [verb]

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The enemy is advancing to destroy Russia, to desecrate the tombs of our fathers, to carry off our wives and children.   [verb]

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In your mad pursuit of pleasure you rob the sea of its beach and desecrate hallowed ground.   [Please select]

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The figure stood very straight in the desecrated Holy of Holies.   [Please select]

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Traces of former spasmodic and individual efforts desecrated the present ideals.   [Please select]

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'The daughter of the man who desecrated my husband's tomb.'   [Please select]

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