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Definition of desecration noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

desecration

noun

/ˌdesɪˈkreɪʃn/

/ˌdesɪˈkreɪʃn/

[uncountable]

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the act of damaging a holy thing or place or treating it without respect
- the desecration of a cemetery
- (figurative) the desecration of the countryside by new roads
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