DESECRATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does desecrate mean?
• DESECRATE (verb)
The verb DESECRATE has 2 senses:
1. violate the sacred character of a place or language
2. remove the consecration from a person or an object
Familiarity information: DESECRATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DESECRATE (verb)
Meaning:
Violate the sacred character of a place or language
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
desecrate; outrage; profane; violate
Context examples:
desecrate a cemetery / violate the sanctity of the church / profane the name of God
Hypernyms (to "desecrate" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; set on (attack someone physically or emotionally)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove the consecration from a person or an object
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deconsecrate; unhallow; desecrate
Hypernyms (to "desecrate" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
consecrate (render holy by means of religious rites)
