Desecrate /(?)/

Des·e·crate

Desecrate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Desecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desecrating

  1. 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.
    The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated.
    — W. Tooke.
    The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations.