desecrate
desecrate · more desecrate · most desecrate
DesecratedDesecrated.
/ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/
» Your crimes have desecrated your ancestors' graves.
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1 senses(rare)Desecrated.
Examples
7 sentencesYour crimes have desecrated your ancestors' graves.
They desecrated the shrine.
Sami went to great lengths to desecrate Layla's body.
Leonardo da Vinci desecrated graves in order to study anatomy.
ruЛеонардо да Винчи осквернял могилы в целях изучения анатомии. — odexed
They desecrated God's sanctuary.
Origin
From de- + stem of consecrate.From de- + stem of consecrate.
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Forms
more desecrate, most desecrate| Comparative | more desecrate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most desecrate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.