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Meaning of desecrate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  desecrate
      v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
           "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the
           church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: {desecrate},
           {profane}, {outrage}, {violate}]
      2: remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn:
         {desecrate}, {unhallow}, {deconsecrate}] [ant: {bless},
         {consecrate}, {hallow}, {sanctify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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