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des·e·crate
 desecrate
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- pronunciation:
- de
sih
kreIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
desecrates, desecrating, desecrated |
| definition: |
to violate the sacredness of; treat sacrilegiously.
The invaders desecrated the temple.- antonyms:
- bless
- similar words:
- defile, profane, violate
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| related words: |
misuse |
adverb + (v.)desecrate
even, far, least, never
(v.)desecrate
+ noun
amendment,
body,
book,
burial,
cemetery,
church,
community,
compulsion,
corpse,
exterior,
extremist,
faith,
field,
flag,
graffiti,
grave,
graveyard,
ground,
guard,
host,
human,
image,
jew,
koran,
land,
man,
memory,
mosque,
mother,
name,
nature,
night,
number,
others,
place,
power,
religion,
report,
sacrament,
sanctuary,
shrine,
site,
soldier,
symbol,
synagogue,
temple,
territory,
vandal,
year
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| derivations: |
desecration (n.), desecrator (n.) |
The word desecrate
contains the following parts:
sacr, sacri, secr
Latin
root
that means holy
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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