Desecrate

v. t.

1.

To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; - the opposite of consecrate. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Desecrating .] The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. - W. Tooke. The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations. - Salmon.

Verb	1.	desecrate - violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" Synonyms: outrage, profane, violate
	2.	desecrate - remove the consecration from a person or an object Synonyms: deconsecrate Antonyms: hallow, sanctify, bless, consecrate - render holy by means of religious rites

abuse, adulterate, alloy, befoul, canker, cheapen, coarsen, commit sacrilege, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, debase, debauch, defalcate, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, depredate, desolate, despoil, devalue, devastate, devour, dishonor, distort, divert, embezzle, foul, infect, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pillage, poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, ravish, sack, spoliate, taint, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, waste

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