[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

desecrate \des"ecrate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. desecrated; p.
   pr.  vb. n. desecrating. l. desecratus, p. p. of
   desecrare also desacrare to consecrate, dedicate; but taken
   in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- +
   sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. see sacred.
   to divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a
   sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to
   put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
   1913 webster

         the russian clergy can not suffer corporal punishment
         without being previously desecrated.     --w. tooke.
   1913 webster

         the founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those
         who should desecrate their donations.    --salmon.
   1913 webster
see also:
desecrated desecrating sacred 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

desecrate
     v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
          "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the
          church"; "profane the name of god" syn: profane, outrage,
           violate
     2: remove the consecration from a person or an object syn: deconsecrate
        ant: consecrate
see also:
profane outrage violate deconsecrate consecrate 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "desecrate":
   abuse, adulterate, alloy, befoul, canker, cheapen, coarsen,
   commit sacrilege, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, debase,
   debauch, defalcate, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade,
   denature, deprave, depredate, desolate, despoil, devalue,
   devastate, devour, dishonor, distort, divert, embezzle, foul,
   infect, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy,
   mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pillage,
   poison, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, ravish, sack,
   spoliate, taint, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize,
   warp, waste

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