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DESECRATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treated with disrespect and contempt
Example:
many desecrated shrines and cemeteries
Classified under:
Similar:
deconsecrated (divested of consecration)
profaned; violated (treated irreverently or sacrilegiously)
Antonym:
consecrated (solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb desecrate