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They desecrated the cemetery on Halloween night.desecrated = violated the sacred nature of
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In the U.S., the protected right of free speech makes it legal to desecrate the flag and other sacred symbols.desecrate = violate the sacred nature of
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Papa's fingers desecrated the accordion, murdering song after song, no matter how hard he tried. (source)desecrated = violated (treated without proper respect)
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This is the house of God and I will not live to see it desecrated. (source)desecrated = violated
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Listen, Amy, you're not going to desecrate a church, are you? (source)desecrate = violate the sacred character of a place
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At my request, the soldiers will pay special attention to the shul to make sure the peasants do not desecrate it. (source)desecrate = violate the sacred character of
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...astonished by the desecration she proposed, I "got mad" at her... (source)desecration = violation of something sacredstandard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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She stumbled through her desecrated treasures as if she were wading through a muddy pond, pushed them aside, picked one up and let it drop, staggered on down the long corridor that led to her library. (source)desecrated = violated or spoiled or disrespected (of things considered sacred)
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We don't let Sebring Hillman desecrate what's ours that's buried there. (source)desecrate = violate the sacred character of
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The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree, but Janie didn't know how to tell Nanny that. (source)desecrating = violating the sacred character of
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My father was killed by the desecrators.† (source)
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Basically, it just certifies that Y.T. is not a terrorist, Communist (whatever that is), homosexual, national-symbol desecrator, pornography merchant, welfare parasite, racially insensitive, carrier of any infectious disease, or advocate of any ideology tending to impugn traditional family values.† (source)desecrator = someone who violates the sacred nature of something
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If anybody desecrates the temple of God, God will bring him to ruin and if you laugh, He may strike you thisaway.† (source)desecrates = violates the sacred nature of something
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On this piece of carpeting Aunt Chloe took her stand, as being decidedly in the upper walks of life; and it and the bed by which it lay, and the whole corner, in fact, were treated with distinguished consideration, and made, so far as possible, sacred from the marauding inroads and desecrations of little folks.† (source)
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The leaflets denounced the United Nations vote, ordered Jews to ignore it, called the state a desecration of the name of God, (source)desecration = violation of the sacred character
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All of it violated, broken, desecrated, destroyed. (source)desecrated = violated the sacred nature of something
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