All 3 Uses of
desecrate
in
War and Peace
- This foe confounding Thy land, desiring to lay waste the whole world, rises against us; these lawless men are gathered together to overthrow Thy kingdom, to destroy Thy dear Jerusalem, Thy beloved Russia; to defile Thy temples, to overthrow Thine altars, and to desecrate our holy shrines.†
Chpt 9
- The enemy is advancing to destroy Russia, to desecrate the tombs of our fathers, to carry off our wives and children.†
Chpt 9 *
- There were, it is true, some rigid individuals unable to rise to the height of such a question, who saw in the project a desecration of the sacrament of marriage, but there were not many such and they remained silent, while the majority were interested in Helene's good fortune and in the question which match would be the more advantageous.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(desecrate) violate the sacred nature of something