Desecrate Synonyms and Antonyms
dĕs'ĭ-krāt'
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Synonyms for Desecrate
(Old-fashioned, Literary) To violate the chastity of; deflower
To cast aspersions on; slander
commit sacrilege
To force sexual activity on; rape or molest.
To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt:
To treat in a disrespectful or demeaning manner.
To utter blasphemy
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To commit a sexual assault on; often, specif., to rape (a woman)
To ravage is to destroy something or cause severe destruction.
To lift the monastic restrictions from (a member of the clergy).
unhallow
To desecrate; profane
To make (a church, synagogue, or temple, for example) no longer consecrated.
To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality); commit an outrage on.
Antonyms for Desecrate
To do or give something in honor of
Praise is defined as to give someone approval, or to thank God.
Sanctify is to make something holy, give something legitimacy or to set something apart through religious ceremony.
(Christianity) To sanctify (bread and wine) for Eucharistic use through a ritual regarded by some Christian churches as effecting transubstantiation.
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