Usually means: Violates the sanctity of something.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. desecrates: Merriam-Webster
  2. desecrates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. desecrates: Vocabulary.com
  4. desecrates: Wordnik
  5. desecrates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. desecrates: Wiktionary
  7. desecrates: Dictionary.com
  8. desecrates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Desecrates: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. desecrates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. desecrates: Legal dictionary

(Note: See desecrate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (desecrate)

verb:  (transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
verb:  (transitive) To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
verb:  (transitive) To change in an inappropriate and destructive manner.
adjective:  (rare) Desecrated.
▸ Also see desecrate


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