A private security company released attack dogs against hundreds of Native Americans trying to prevent an oil pipeline company from using bulldozers to desecrate the graves of their ancestors.
Source: tatoeba (5410002)
Desecrate
//ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t//
Synonyms for "desecrate" (83 found)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
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11 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 35 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- պղծել verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- սրբապղծել verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Bulgarian
1 entries- оскверня́вам verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Catalan
1 entries- profanar verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 污辱 verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- 褻瀆 /亵渎 verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Czech
1 entries- znesvětit verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Danish
1 entries- vanhellige verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Dutch
1 entries- ontwijden verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Finnish
1 entries- häpäistä verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
French
4 entries- désacraliser verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- désacraliser verb (to inappropriately change)
- désécrer verb (to remove the consecration)
- profaner verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
German
3 entries- entheiligen verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- entweihen verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- schänden verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Greek
1 entries- βεβηλώνω verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Hebrew
1 entries- חילל \ חִלֵּל verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Hungarian
1 entries- megszentségtelenít verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Icelandic
1 entries- vanhelga verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Igbo
1 entries- mebie verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Indonesian
1 entries- menodai verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Irish
1 entries- truailligh verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Italian
4 entries- dissacrare verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- dissacrare verb (to inappropriately change)
- profanare verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- sconsacrare verb (to remove the consecration)
Japanese
3 entries- 冒す verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- 冒涜する verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- 神聖を汚す verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Korean
2 entries- 더럽히다 verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- 훼손하다 verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Macedonian
1 entries- оскр́нави verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Middle English
1 entries- polluten verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Māori
4 entries- hāparu verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- hāparu verb (to remove the consecration)
- whakanoa verb (to remove the consecration)
- whakapoke verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- krenke verb (to remove the consecration)
- krenke verb (to inappropriately change)
- nedverdige verb (to remove the consecration)
- skjende verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- krenkje verb (to remove the consecration)
- krenkje verb (to inappropriately change)
- nedverdige verb (to remove the consecration)
- vanhelge verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Polish
4 entries- bezcześcić verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- profanować verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- sprofanować verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- zbezcześcić verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Portuguese
3 entries- desconsagrar verb (to remove the consecration)
- profanar verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- profanar verb (to remove the consecration)
Romanian
4 entries- desacraliza verb (to remove the consecration)
- profana verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- profana verb (to inappropriately change)
- pângări verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Russian
3 entries- надруга́ться verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- оскверни́ть verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- оскверня́ть verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- mì-choisrig verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- mì-choisrig verb (to remove the consecration)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- oskrnaviti verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Spanish
2 entries- desecrar verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- profanar verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Swahili
1 entries- najisi verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Swedish
2 entries- skända verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- vanhelga verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Yiddish
3 entries- מחלל זײַן verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- פֿאַרשוועכן verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
- שענדן verb (to profane or violate sacredness)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Sami went to great lengths to desecrate Layla's body.
Source: tatoeba (6711004)
There was a moment or two of silence, broken only by the regular dip of the paddle, then Miss Sommerton said, “If you wish to desecrate this lovely spot by smoking, I presume anything I can say will not prevent you.”
Source: tatoeba (11948645)
It's reform -- reform! You're going to 'turn over a new leaf,' and all that, and sign the pledge, and quit cigars, and go to work, and pay your debts, and gravitate back into Sunday-school, where you can make love to the preacher's daughter under the guise of religion, and desecrate the sanctity of the innermost pale of the church by confessions at Class of your 'thorough conversion'!
Source: wiktionary
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