DESECRATIONS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

desecrations

noun

plural of desecration

as in corruptions

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar

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Recent Examples of desecrations These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026 The idea that Watkins was an enabler of Gein’s murders and subsequent desecrations could be read merely as a part of the show’s aggressive and admitted mingling of fiction and reality. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025

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violations

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It’s designed to limit TAPPS rule violations and relies more on fact than the UIL’s process, which is designed to allow coaches to voice their opinions if necessary.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
Sources say that the information sharing included details about immigrants who are just suspected of civil immigration violations, such as overstaying their visa.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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