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desecrate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
desecrate /ˈdɛsɪkreɪt/

▶verb treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

– derivatives
desecration noun,
desecrator noun.

– origin C17: from de- (expressing reversal) + a shortened form of consecrate.

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