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Synonyms for deconsecrate

Most common

desecrate unhallow

All synonyms

Verb

1. Desecrate

desecrate, unhallow

Other

disconsecrate dated, exaugurate dated, unconsecrate dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To remove the holy or sacred status of a place

    The ancient Romans deconsecrated city walls with a plow, undoing the rituals that first established their course.

Related words

Is a kind of
secularize profane

Forms

Past participle
deconsecrated
e.g. deconsecrated → desecrated, unhallowed, disconsecrated, exaugurated…

Example sentences

  • desecrate Sami went to great lengths to desecrate Layla's body.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
deconsecratesteady
desecraterising
unhallowsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
unhallow
9 letters
desecrate3
10 letters
exaugurate
12 letters
unconsecrate
13 letters
disconsecrate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (desecrate3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
désacraliser
Italiano
desacralizzare