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Desecrated

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Adjective

1. desecrated

treated with contempt

Example Sentences:
'many desecrated shrines and cemeteries'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Desecrated

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to violate or outrage the sacred character of (an object or place) by destructive, blasphemous, or sacrilegious action
2. 
to remove the consecration from (a person, object, building, etc); deconsecrate

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Desecrated

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdeseˌcrated or ˈdeseˌcrating
to take away the sacredness of; treat as not sacred; profane

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Desecrated

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tr.v. des·e·crat·ed, des·e·crat·ing, des·e·crates
To violate the sacredness of; profane.

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