DESECRATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DESECRATE?

Need another word that means the same as “desecrate”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “desecrate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Desecrate” are: deconsecrate, unhallow, outrage, profane, violate, treat sacrilegiously, treat with disrespect, harm, do damage to, injure, mar, deface, mutilate, mangle, impair, blemish, disfigure, vandalize, blight, spoil, defile

Desecrate as a Verb

Definitions of "Desecrate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “desecrate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Spoil (something which is valued or respected.
• Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.
• Violate the sacred character of a place or language.
• Remove the consecration from a person or an object.

Synonyms of "Desecrate" as a verb (21 Words)

blemish	Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy.
blight	Infect plants with blight. The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians.
deconsecrate	Transfer (a building) from sacred to secular use. The church was deconsecrated in the early nineteenth century.
deface	Mar or spoil the appearance of. Scars defaced her cheeks.
defile	Rape or sexually assault (a woman. He took her behind the building and defiled her.
disfigure	Spoil the appearance of. The vandals disfigured the statue.
do damage to	Arrange attractively.
harm	Cause or do harm to. Smoking when pregnant can harm your baby.
impair	Make imperfect. A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing.
injure	Hurt the feelings of. The explosion injured several people.
mangle	Press with a mangle. Mangle the sheets.
mar	Impair the quality or appearance of; spoil. Violence marred a number of New Year celebrations.
mutilate	Alter so as to make unrecognizable. Most of the prisoners had been mutilated.
outrage	Arouse fierce anger, shock, or indignation in (someone. The public were outraged at the brutality involved.
profane	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. It was a serious matter to profane a tomb.
spoil	Be extremely or aggressively eager for. Breakfast in bed you re spoiling me.
treat sacrilegiously	Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
treat with disrespect	Provide treatment for.
unhallow	Remove the consecration from a person or an object.
vandalize	Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism. Vandalize the park.
violate	Violate the sacred character of a place or language. They denied that human rights were being violated.

Usage Examples of "Desecrate" as a verb

• Many lanes are desecrated with yellow lines.
• Desecrate a cemetery.
• More than 300 graves were desecrated.

Associations of "Desecrate" (30 Words)

belongings	A person’s movable possessions. She didn t have much baggage with her as most of her belongings had been sent ahead by sea.
buccaneer	Live like a buccaneer. The marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the Mediterranean coasts.
criminal	Guilty of crime or serious offense. A criminal offense.
depredation	An act of attacking or plundering. Protecting grain from the depredations of rats and mice.
deprive	Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. The Archbishop deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen.
dig	An act or spell of digging. A thorough dig of the whole plot.
disinter	Discover (something that is well hidden. His corpse was disinterred and dumped in a pit.
dispossess	Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions. They were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation.
dispossession	The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law. Reparation for the victims of land dispossession.
exhume	Dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground. The bodies were exhumed on the orders of a judge.
filch	Make off with belongings of others. They filched milk off morning doorsteps.
flay	Strip the skin off. She flayed the white skin from the flesh.
forensic	A laboratory or department responsible for forensic tests. Forensic ballistics.
investigator	A person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation. Investigators found no signs of forced entry.
loot	Steal goods; take as spoils. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot.
pillage	Steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime. Artworks pillaged from churches and museums.
piracy	A practice similar to piracy but in other contexts especially hijacking. Air piracy.
plunder	Plunder a town after capture. The army sacked the city and carried off huge quantities of plunder.
prize	Having been or likely to be awarded a prize in a competition. The star prize in the charity raffle.
profane	Not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular. He was an agnostic a profane man.
ransack	Search thoroughly. Man has ransacked the planet for fuel.
rapine	The act of despoiling a country in warfare. Industrial rapine.
researcher	A person whose job involves discovering or verifying information for use in a book, programme, etc. Radio and TV researchers.
rob	Deprive (an opposing player) of the ball. The burglars robbed him of all his money.
spoliation	The intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence. The spoliation of the Church.
steal	An act of stealing a base. A delicious languor was stealing over her.
thief	A person who steals another person’s property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery.
thieve	Be a thief; steal something. They began thieving again.