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1. Disregard the sacred character of a place or language
   "desecrate a cemetery";
   - profane, outrage, violate, defile
    
2. Remove the consecration from a person or an object
   - unhallow, deconsecrate

Derived forms: desecrated, desecrating, desecrates

Type of: assail, assault, attack, change by reversal, reverse, set on, turn

Antonym: consecrate

Encyclopedia: Desecrate