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desecration Definition

des·ecra·tion (des′i krās̸hən)

noun

a desecrating or being desecrated
desecration Synonyms

desecration

n.

desecration Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Sabbath: Nor the individual who has endeavored to create alarm about " The Chartist desecration of the Sabbath " by telling a barefaced lie.
  • grave: Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £ 5,000 in connection with the desecration of the grave of Gladys Hammond in Yoxall.
  • cemetery: The number of recorded anti-semitic acts, desecrations of cemeteries and such, increased tenfold after the millenium.
  • Mrs: However, he feels that the sickening desecration of Mrs Hammond's grave has proved to be the last straw.

Converse of object

  • investigate: The move followed " fresh information " received by the team investigating the desecration of Gladys Hammond's grave.
  • condemn: French officials have condemned the desecration but dismissed it as a one-off incident, probably the responsibility of the far right.
  • see: We were less pleased to see the desecration of a memorial to Graham Palmer, a pioneer of the restoration of the Montgomery canal.
  • suffer: The side benches were shorter and it was in this form that the temple was finally abandoned, but not before suffering desecration.

Adjective modifier

  • grave: Two are being held at Stafford police station, where they will be questioned about the grave desecration.
  • further: For this further desecration, the villain is executed in the most horrible manner.
  • public: This hugely symbolic event was arguably a ritual act of public desecration which transgressed the most sacred site of communist public space.
  • Chartist: Nor the individual who has endeavored to create alarm about " The Chartist desecration of the Sabbath " by telling a barefaced lie.
  • recent: The discussion widened to cover other issues as well, such as the media propaganda and the recent grave desecration.
  • general: Above all may we have grace given us to reverence and keep holy the Sabbath day amid so much awful and general desecration.

Noun used with modifier

  • host: Rubin seeks to go beyond a mere chronicle of the most notorious host desecration episodes.
  • grave: Date: 27 September 2005 Five arrests -- Yoxall grave desecration Five people were arrested this morning in connection with the Yoxall grave desecration.
  • synagogue: It looks at the traditional indicators of antisemitism: incidents on the streets, synagogue desecrations, and other hate crimes.