desecrate

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
2. verb To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
3. verb To change in an inappropriate and destructive manner.
4. adjective Desecrated.

Similar words

profane violate outrage deconsecrate defile unhallow unconsecrate disconsecrate desecularize desacralize

Often followed by

the it a his their and our this them

Word family

desecrated desecrater desecraters desecrates desecrating desecrator desecrators