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desecrated

desecrated adjective: having been desecrated or violated. Also the simple past and past participle of desecrate.

Adjective

desecrated (comparative more desecrated, superlative most desecrated)

  1. Having been desecrated or violated.
    • And the Apostle tells us it will be so; that all things wait for this, when the earth will be restored, all creation's deserts rejoice and blossom as the rose; when its most desecrated spots will be consecrated, its most barren spots fertilised, and the Paradise that shall end the world be more...1855, John Cumming, Signs of the Times: Or, Present, Past, and Future, page 206
    • But was the place more desecrated by such a beneficial employment of it than by being shut up empty in dark and cold ?1868, Newman Hall, Sermons, page 29

Also used as

desecrated is also the simple past and past participle of desecrate.

Examples of desecrated in a sentence

  • It was not just the French who felt desecrated, but also the Allies.2019, Sheldon Winkler, The Music of World War II: War Songs and Their Stories, page 36:
  • As theologian Shawn Copeland argues, "No Christian teaching has been more desecrated by slavery than the doctrine of the human person or theological anthropology."2024, Julie Hanlon Rubio, Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist?, page 127:

Forms of desecrated

comparativemore desecrated
superlativemost desecrated

Words formed from desecrated

Questions about desecrated

What does desecrated mean?
Desecrated means having been desecrated or violated.
How do you use desecrated in a sentence?
It was not just the French who felt desecrated, but also the Allies.
What part of speech is desecrated?
Desecrated is an adjective.

Words near desecrated in the dictionary

  1. desecate
  2. desecated
  3. desecates
  4. desecating
  5. desecrate
  6. desecrated
  7. desecrater
  8. desecraters
  9. desecrates
  10. desecratest
  11. desecrateth

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