desecrate

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(des-e-crate) 3 syllables

Definition

verb. to treat a sacred place with disrespect.

Example Sentence

She felt graffiti on the steps of the cathedral would desecrate the building.

More Example Sentences

The act would desecrate the graves of soldiers.

Synonyms

violate; profane; dishonor

Antonyms

honor; sanctify; protect

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Rhymes

  • ate
  • aydt
  • bait
  • bate
  • beit
  • cate
  • chait
  • crate
  • date
  • eight
  • fait
  • fate
  • feight
  • fete
  • frate
  • freight
  • gait
  • gate
  • grate
  • great
  • haight
  • hait
  • hate
  • kate
  • late
  • leight
  • mate
  • nate
  • pait
  • pate
  • plait
  • plate
  • prate
  • rait
  • raitt
  • rate
  • sate
  • skate
  • slate
  • spate
  • speight
  • state
  • straight
  • strait
  • strate
  • streight
  • tait
  • taite
  • taitt
  • tate
  • trait
  • wait
  • waite
  • waitt
  • wayt
  • weight

  • abate
  • await
  • belate
  • berate
  • collate
  • conflate
  • create
  • debate
  • deflate
  • dictate
  • dilate
  • elate
  • equate
  • est
  • estate
  • gestate
  • inflate
  • innate
  • irate
  • iwate
  • kuwait
  • lightweight
  • m-8
  • mccreight
  • mcfate
  • misstate
  • negate
  • oblate
  • ornate
  • postdate
  • predate
  • prorate
  • reflate
  • relate
  • restate
  • sedate
  • sumgait
  • translate
  • tri-state
  • update
  • upstate

  • conjugate
  • desecrate
  • disinflate
  • interstate
  • intrastate
  • multistate
  • overrate
  • overweight
  • procreate
  • reinstate
  • silverplate
  • solid-state
  • telerate
  • underrate

  • demodulate
  • interrelate
  • recriminate
  • remunerate