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desecration

[des-i-kray-shuhn] / dɛs ɪˈkreɪ ʃən /


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The non-profit group Cultural Landscape Foundation has sued to stop the makeover, calling the blue paint job "desecration."

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

So going back nearly 60 years, the late Mr. Flint has been left to quietly suffer the indignities of desecration and abandonment, but for temporary intervention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

Indigenous residents protest the potential desecration of their ancestral land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

But Roberts’ opinion is a severe distortion of Jackson’s legacy—and, indeed, it is no overstatement to say that it is a desecration of Jackson’s memory and his heroic service as Nuremberg prosecutor.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

“It’s a desecration to compare yourself to Rhett, Bull. There’s no comparison.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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