desecrate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
violate the sacred character of a place or language
desecrate a cemetery
Types & categories
- assault hypernym
Related & opposite
- usurpation derivation
- irreverence derivation
- profanation derivation
- offensive derivation
Sense 2 verb
remove the consecration from a person or an object
Types & categories
- reverse hypernym
Related & opposite
- sanctify antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | usurpation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | irreverence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | profanation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | assault |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | sanctify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |