"desecrate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/, /ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t/ Audio: en-us-desecrate.ogg , en-au-desecrate.ogg Forms: more desecrate [comparative], most desecrate [superlative]
Etymology: From de- + stem of consecrate. Head templates: {{en-adj}} desecrate (comparative more desecrate, superlative most desecrate)
  1. (rare) Desecrated. Tags: rare
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/, /ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t/ Audio: en-us-desecrate.ogg , en-au-desecrate.ogg Forms: desecrates [present, singular, third-person], desecrating [participle, present], desecrated [participle, past], desecrated [past]
Etymology: From de- + stem of consecrate. Head templates: {{en-verb}} desecrate (third-person singular simple present desecrates, present participle desecrating, simple past and past participle desecrated)
  1. (transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something. Tags: transitive Synonyms (profane or violate sacredness): defile Translations (to profane or violate sacredness): պղծել (pġcel) (Armenian), սրբապղծել (srbapġcel) (Armenian), оскверня́вам (oskvernjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), profanar (Catalan), 褻瀆 (Chinese Mandarin), 亵渎 (xièdú) (Chinese Mandarin), 污辱 (wūrǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), vanhellige (Danish), ontwijden (Dutch), häpäistä (Finnish), profaner (French), désacraliser (French), entheiligen (German), schänden (German), entweihen (German), βεβηλώνω (vevilóno) (Greek), חילל \ חִלֵּל (khilél) (Hebrew), megszentségtelenít (Hungarian), vanhelga (Icelandic), mebie (Igbo), truailligh (Irish), profanare (Italian), dissacrare (Italian), 冒涜する (bōtoku suru) (alt: ぼうとくする) (Japanese), 冒す (okasu) (alt: おかす) (Japanese), 神聖を汚す (Japanese), 훼손하다 (hwesonhada) (Korean), 더럽히다 (deoreophida) (Korean), оскр́нави (oskŕnavi) (Macedonian), whakapoke (Maori), hāparu (Maori), polluten (Middle English), vanhellige (Norwegian Bokmål), skjende (Norwegian Bokmål), vanhelge (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezcześcić [imperfective] (Polish), zbezcześcić [perfective] (Polish), profanować [imperfective] (Polish), sprofanować [perfective] (Polish), profanar (Portuguese), profana (Romanian), pângări (Romanian), spurca (Romanian), оскверня́ть (oskvernjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оскверни́ть (oskvernítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), надруга́ться (nadrugátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), mì-choisrig (Scottish Gaelic), profanar (Spanish), desecrar [rare] (Spanish), -najisi (Swahili), skända (Swedish), vanhelga (Swedish), מחלל זײַן (mekhalel zayn) (Yiddish), שענדן (shendn) (Yiddish), פֿאַרשוועכן (farshvekhn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-desecrate-en-verb-EloRBLdF Disambiguation of 'profane or violate sacredness': 84 11 5 Disambiguation of 'to profane or violate sacredness': 86 10 4
  2. (transitive) To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate. Tags: transitive Synonyms (remove the consecration): deconsecrate, desanctify Translations (to remove the consecration): désécrer (French), sconsacrare (Italian), hāparu (Maori), whakanoa (Maori), krenke (Norwegian Bokmål), nedverdige (Norwegian Bokmål), vanhellige (Norwegian Bokmål), vanære (Norwegian Bokmål), krenkje (Norwegian Nynorsk), nedverdige (Norwegian Nynorsk), vanhelge (Norwegian Nynorsk), vanære (Norwegian Nynorsk), zeświecczyć [perfective] (Polish), desconsagrar (Portuguese), profanar (Portuguese), desacraliza (Romanian), mì-choisrig (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-desecrate-en-verb-iMGBPjf5 Disambiguation of 'remove the consecration': 2 97 1 Disambiguation of 'to remove the consecration': 2 97 1
  3. (transitive) To change in an inappropriate and destructive manner. Tags: transitive Synonyms (inappropriately change): pervert Translations (to inappropriately change): désacraliser (French), profaner (French), dissacrare (Italian), krenke (Norwegian Bokmål), krenkje (Norwegian Nynorsk), zeszpecić [perfective] (Polish), profana (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-desecrate-en-verb-RYJdKZc~ Disambiguation of 'inappropriately change': 25 26 49 Disambiguation of 'to inappropriately change': 27 22 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unhallow, corrupt, desecrate, profane, pollute, sully, tarnish, violate Hypernyms: exaugurate, deconsecrate, desacralize, desanctify, disconsecrate, secularize, unconsecrate, unhallow Related terms: desecrated, desecrater, desecration, desecrative, desecrator

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1916, James Whitcomb Riley, The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, volume 10:",
          "text": "It's reform -- reform! You're going to 'turn over a new leaf,' and all that, and sign the pledge, and quit cigars, and go to work, and pay your debts, and gravitate back into Sunday-school, where you can make love to the preacher's daughter under the guise of religion, and desecrate the sanctity of the innermost pale of the church by confessions at Class of your 'thorough conversion'!",
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          "word": "պղծել"
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          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "srbapġcel",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "սրբապղծել"
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          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oskvernjávam",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "оскверня́вам"
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          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "profanar"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "褻瀆"
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          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xièdú",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "亵渎"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wūrǔ",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "污辱"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "vanhellige"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "ontwijden"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "häpäistä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "profaner"
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          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "désacraliser"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "entheiligen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "schänden"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "entweihen"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vevilóno",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "βεβηλώνω"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khilél",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "חילל \\ חִלֵּל"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "megszentségtelenít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "vanhelga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ig",
          "lang": "Igbo",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "mebie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "truailligh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "profanare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "dissacrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "alt": "ぼうとくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bōtoku suru",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "冒涜する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "alt": "おかす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "okasu",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "冒す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "神聖を汚す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwesonhada",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "훼손하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "deoreophida",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "더럽히다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oskŕnavi",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "оскр́нави"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "whakapoke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "hāparu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "polluten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "vanhellige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "skjende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "vanhelge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bezcześcić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zbezcześcić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "profanować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sprofanować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "profanar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "profana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "pângări"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "spurca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oskvernjátʹ",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оскверня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oskvernítʹ",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оскверни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nadrugátʹsja",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "надруга́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "mì-choisrig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "profanar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "desecrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "-najisi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "skända"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "vanhelga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "mekhalel zayn",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "מחלל זײַן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shendn",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "שענדן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 4",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "farshvekhn",
          "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
          "word": "פֿאַרשוועכן"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate."
      ],
      "id": "en-desecrate-en-verb-iMGBPjf5",
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
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        [
          "consecration",
          "consecration"
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          "deconsecrate",
          "deconsecrate"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "defile"
    },
    {
      "word": "unhallow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "remove the consecration",
      "word": "deconsecrate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "remove the consecration",
      "word": "desanctify"
    },
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      "sense": "inappropriately change",
      "word": "pervert"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:desecrate",
      "word": "corrupt"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:desecrate",
      "word": "desecrate"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:desecrate",
      "word": "profane"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:desecrate",
      "word": "pollute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:desecrate",
      "word": "sully"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:desecrate",
      "word": "tarnish"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:desecrate",
      "word": "violate"
    }
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pġcel",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "պղծել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "srbapġcel",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "սրբապղծել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oskvernjávam",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оскверня́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "profanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "褻瀆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xièdú",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "亵渎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūrǔ",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "污辱"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "vanhellige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "ontwijden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "häpäistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "profaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "désacraliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "entheiligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "schänden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "entweihen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vevilóno",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "βεβηλώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khilél",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "חילל \\ חִלֵּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "megszentségtelenít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "vanhelga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ig",
      "lang": "Igbo",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "mebie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "truailligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "profanare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "dissacrare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼうとくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōtoku suru",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "冒涜する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おかす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okasu",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "冒す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "神聖を汚す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwesonhada",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "훼손하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "deoreophida",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "더럽히다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oskŕnavi",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "оскр́нави"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "whakapoke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "hāparu"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "polluten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "vanhellige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "skjende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "vanhelge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bezcześcić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbezcześcić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "profanować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sprofanować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "profanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "profana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "pângări"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "spurca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oskvernjátʹ",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оскверня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oskvernítʹ",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оскверни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadrugátʹsja",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "надруга́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "mì-choisrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "profanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "desecrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "-najisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "skända"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "vanhelga"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mekhalel zayn",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "מחלל זײַן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shendn",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "שענדן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farshvekhn",
      "sense": "to profane or violate sacredness",
      "word": "פֿאַרשוועכן"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "désécrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "sconsacrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "hāparu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "whakanoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "krenke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "nedverdige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "vanhellige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "vanære"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "krenkje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "nedverdige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "vanhelge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "vanære"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zeświecczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "desconsagrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "profanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "desacraliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to remove the consecration",
      "word": "mì-choisrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to inappropriately change",
      "word": "désacraliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to inappropriately change",
      "word": "profaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to inappropriately change",
      "word": "dissacrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to inappropriately change",
      "word": "krenke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to inappropriately change",
      "word": "krenkje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to inappropriately change",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zeszpecić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to inappropriately change",
      "word": "profana"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Myster of Marie Rogêt:",
          "text": "Here are the very nooks where the unwashed most abound—here are the temples most desecrate.",
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        "(rare) Desecrated."
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