Desecration

Word DESECRATION
Character 11
Hyphenation des e cra tion
Pronunciations /dɛsɨˈkɹejʃn̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Desecration"

What do we mean by desecration?

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

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The word "desecration" in example sentences

General Assembly President Ali Treki expressed profound concern today at what he called the desecration of the ancient Muslim cemetery of Mamilla in Jerusalem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

General Assembly President Ali Treki expressed profound concern today at what he called the desecration of the ancient Muslim cemetery of Mamilla in ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the AP's story, Muhammad said his motives for the attack were clear: the killing and raping of Muslims by Americans and what he called the desecration of the Koran. ❋ Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription May Be Nee (2009)

Iran's ambassador to UNESCO complained to the organization's director over what he called the desecration of Islamic values in European countries. ❋ By Rebecca Santana (2009)

Modern art is engaged in desecration -- the inversion of the sacred. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So inside the paper you have the game dubbed a desecration, the stadium turned into a "commode," the fans accused of having been slipped mickeys. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wayne and others, as desecration is undefined in the Amendment, Congress will be free to define the term in any manner it so chooses. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I wouldn't want to have to explain to a devout Muslim why protecting a purely secular symbol from desecration is so important that we had to amend the Constitution to protect it, but religious figures are fair game. ❋ David (2006)

Let's settle here for just one point: "physical desecration" is a fundamentally dishonest term. ❋ David (2005)

None other than Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that "flag desecration is the ultimate expression of disagreement in a democracy." ❋ Unknown (2004)

The word desecration is commonly used in regard to churches, altars, chalices, etc. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Feinstein is co-sponsor of something called the Flag Protection Amendment, the latest congressional effort to amend the Constitution to protect the American flag from "desecration" -- an interesting word, given its connotations of religious devotion. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I don’t find it shocking that people out there don’t realize that flag desecration is constitutionally protected speech. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We will never win hearts and minds if we allow "prisoner abuse" to be defined as desecration of the Qur'an or frightening detainees with dogs, rather than as beheading hostages or blowing up civilians with car bombs. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Regional governor Abdullah Hassan Firimbi, speaking with the online daily Arab News, said that the vandals who committed these acts were anti-government rebels, and the desecration was a protest against the new Somali government, which is dependent on foreign aid from Italy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The African National Congress condemns in the strongest terms the desecration of the grave of the late Comrade Chris Hani. ❋ Unknown (1994)

When, after his first chill of horror at the act itself, Henry Montagu realized that the desecration was his own thought, his own impulse carried into fierce determination, he sank weak and dizzy into the chair that the boy had left. ❋ Various (1915)

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