0 present participle of desecrate
1 to damage or show no respect towards something holy or very much respected:
The use of money instead of some other unit may therefore send a message that can be conceived as desecrating the value of life.
I can think of nothing more offensive than desecrating a place of worship.
We have built better houses, but we have been responsible for desecrating as much of the natural beauty of this country as our forefathers did during the industrial revolution.
They might also be sent by some malicious shaman enraged by breaking some taboo, like stepping on a yurt's threshold, desecrating waters or mountains, etc.
He mortified his parents by desecrating the grave of a respected village elder, subsequently spending a week in police custody.
He placed his cot in the centre of the temple, and set about desecrating it to his heart's fill.
A criminal case was initiated on charges of desecrating a cemetery.
Instead of desecrating the human form, we should learn again to revere it.
