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desecration

noun

des·​e·​cra·​tion ˌde-si-ˈkrā-shən How to pronounce desecration (audio)
: an act or instance of desecrating : the state of being desecrated

Example Sentences

the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar
Recent Examples on the Web But opponents loudly protested, questioning the need for two tunnels and objecting to desecration of fragile land during decade-long construction. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022 But to Agnes’ dismay, this hallowed land, formerly Abenaki territory, is threatened with desecration by a local developer who hopes to build a resort and village on Fellowship Point by luring shareholders with the promise of an economic windfall. Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2022 Chiles also faces charges of two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, one count of second-degree desecration of human remains and one count of first-degree murder. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022 Walter Berglund, who stays up at night worrying about the desecration of the earth, soon accepts a fat paycheck from a fossil fuel magnate in Freedom (2010). Laura Marsh, The New York Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2018 The defecation in and desecration of his Reading home remains one of the most disgraceful episodes in Boston sports history. Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 The root for challah, ח–ל–ל, also bears a striking resemblance to the word chillul, which means desecration. Benjamin, Longreads, 20 May 2022 If Orange County voters thought that saying no to the road would ensure a pristine and serene Split Oak, and that banning its construction would foil desecration from cars and homes, they were duped. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2022 Whose first and most enduring response to a new neighborhood is desecration, plunder. Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1717, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of desecration was circa 1717

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