See desecration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "mì-choisrigeadh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of disrespect towards sacred",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "profanación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of disrespect towards sacred",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skändning"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "profanácija",
"sense": "act of disrespect towards sacred",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "профана́ція"
}
],
"word": "desecration"
}
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