Desecrated

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of desecrate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having been desecrated or violated.

    "And the Apostle tells us it will be so; that all things wait for this, when the earth will be restored, all creation's deserts rejoice and blossom as the rose; when its most desecrated spots will be consecrated, its most barren spots fertilised, and the Paradise that shall end the world be more glorious, beautiful, and fair, than the Paradise with which the world began."

Adjective
  1. 1
    treated with disrespect and contempt wordnet

Synonyms

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deconsecrateddefiledprofanedviolatedviolated

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"They desecrated God's sanctuary."

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