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DESECRATED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treated with disrespect and contempt

Example:

many desecrated shrines and cemeteries

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

deconsecrated (divested of consecration)

profaned; violated (treated irreverently or sacrilegiously)

Antonym:

consecrated (solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb desecrate

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