as in violation
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things
the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar
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Recent Examples of desecration
There were reports of assaults, threats, damage or desecration and abusive behavior, both in person and online.
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Cave desecration can involve the careless discarding of a Flaming Hot Cheetos bag.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Kahane’s followers also justified violence against Palestinians, teaching that harm to a Jew is a desecration of God’s name and must be avenged.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
In 2005 and again in 2012, there was nationwide rioting against the desecration of the Koran by Americans.
—Robert D. Crews, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2015
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Cave desecration can involve the careless discarding of a Flaming Hot Cheetos bag.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Kahane’s followers also justified violence against Palestinians, teaching that harm to a Jew is a desecration of God’s name and must be avenged.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
In 2005 and again in 2012, there was nationwide rioting against the desecration of the Koran by Americans.
—Robert D. Crews, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desecration
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For years, Austin schools had struggled to clear thousands of overdue requests from families that students get evaluated for special education services, which is a law violation.Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
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To Look Out For The challenge lies in ensuring these outputs are accurate, unbiased and safe to avoid compliance violations and damaging relationships.Hemant Madaan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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For some reason, this idea of a period of cheap fossil fuels to accelerate the energy transition is blasphemy, even though a case study already exists in China.Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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But now here’s Ferrari ratcheting up the blasphemy with—this is not a typo—what seems to be a station wagon.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
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But sometimes movies need a little sacrilege to achieve their full potential.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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However, that didn’t stop right-wing figures around the world, including Donald Trump, from claiming that the performance amounted to sacrilege, leading to widespread harassment against Jolly, as well as some of the performers involved.James Factora, Them, 29 Oct. 2024
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In 2016, parliament impeached Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, over a corruption scandal.Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
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The only other president to be successfully impeached was Park Geun-hye, a conservative who left office in 2017 and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a corruption scandal involving major corporations and the daughter of a cult leader.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love.John Edgar Wideman, The New Yorker, 8 July 2021
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The first assault is on the Nile itself, which is turned to blood, thereby ruining both agriculture and aquaculture in one swoop, a profanation with religious consequences.Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Nov. 2019
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The rapid-fire dialogue between Phil and Connie (played perfectly by McCarthy) is the main draw here, as their exchanges are laced with great insults and hilarious banter.Travis Bean, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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High-profile individuals across different industries are generally more known and more easily recognizable through the internet and social media, and in turn bear the brunt of insults, attacks and sometimes threats.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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