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Meanings of desecrate in English

Portuguese
profanar

To remove the consecration from a person or an object.

        profanar

        Remove the consecration from a person or an object.

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            Examples for "unhallow"
            Examples for "unhallow"
            1
            Oft, too, with rites unhallow'd, from the neck
            The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17,...
            2
            I have seen it in clergymen and others- asortof shame- asenseof the co-presence of circumstances which unhallow the blessing.
            The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
            3
            Unhallowed was the union between nations thus utterly contrasted.
            The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 02: Introduction II
            4
            "Our Father, who wert in Heaven, unhallowed be thy name -"
            Complete Books of Blood
            5
            What foul associations cloud and wrap up almost every game of chance: how soiled are the cards, how unhallowed the rattle of the dice.
            Tired Church Members
            1
            The Dominican church had been deconsecrated and abandoned, its altar stone removed.
            Vittorio, the vampire
            2
            He says it is time for the church to hand over its custodial role of the now-deconsecrated cathedral.
            Radio NZ
            3
            I knew only that something precious had been deconsecrated and the naturalness that had guided us was gone.
            Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
            4
            I had a bash at deconsecrating the area of worship this morning, but I've run out of salt.
            The water room
            5
            This is even more pronounced in a theatre performance in the deconsecrated Gothic Revival chapel at Dublin Castle.
            The Irish Times
            Usage of desecrate in English
            1
            Tribal leaders say the pipeline will desecrate sacred land and pollute water.
            Reuters
            2
            She could not let the fae desecrate her sister's body this way.
            Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
            3
            Atonement is a sacred day to me; I could not desecrate it.
            Other Things Being Equal
            4
            The young rascal cries out whenever I desecrate him with my touch.
            The Yeoman Adventurer
            5
            From a Chinese view-point it is an awful thing to desecrate them.
            New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
            6
            For her, what the Midland had done was to desecrate a shrine.
            The Old Wives' Tale
            7
            To defile or despoil such beauty would be to desecrate a shrine.
            The Reconstructed School
            8
            Are we certain that the spider-wolves won't desecrate any of our dead?
            Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
            9
            �WhileI live, �hesaid, �nounworthy eye shall desecrate that picture.
            The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1
            10
            Why should we desecrate noble and beautiful souls by intruding on them?
            Essays — First Series
            11
            Why should we desecrate noble and beautiful souls by intruding upon them?
            Flower of the Dusk
            12
            The ravages of the sea only emptied it: the sea does not desecrate.
            A Wanderer in Holland
            13
            They desecrate poppy symbols, then blame Islamic citizens for the sabotage.
            The South African
            14
            Many believe that climbers desecrate the formation when they scale it.
            Climbing Magazine
            15
            The rumour is true that those cursed Zionists intend to desecrate the place.
            Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
            16
            It did not desecrate him, or you, nor the place where it occurred.
            The Unwilling Vestal
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            Translations for desecrate
            Portuguese
            profanar
            Desecrate through the time
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