desecrate

“Excessively entertainment-oriented portrayals desecrate the nation’s suffering and disrespect the people who made sacrifices,” read a recent commentary published in the state-run Economic Daily newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025

Let’s not desecrate Lincoln Park with the constant noise that pickleball courts will bring.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

At issue is a proposal by one Indigenous group to expand and relocate its casino and whether the flashy new gambling hall, hotel and entertainment center would honor — or desecrate — the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

Cemetery operators Olinger Crown Hill concurred, telling KUSA-TV that it is “deeply disturbing that someone would desecrate a final resting place.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

They joined ecstatic cults and allowed sick refugees to desecrate the great temples, where they died untended.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“The theft of items, potential family heirlooms and sentimental pieces from the deceased, not only violates this trust but desecrates the memory of a loved one,” Gascón said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

The confessional solo is a hallowed form downtown; Berlant desecrates it from every side.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

Electronic advertising desecrates the bridges, but boringly so, and outside the window of Owen’s Roosevelt Island apartment, a neon ad for Oral-B alternates with one for Jolly Rancher.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2018

Mr. Khan had filed a brief in the case with a stark personal appeal to the court, saying Mr. Trump’s policy desecrates the memory of his son, U.S.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2018

It is said that this Bishop's spirit appears, with menacing attitude, if anyone desecrates the place by irreverence.

From Denmark by M. Pearson Thomson

In 2013, attackers desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

But tech titan Elon Musk has taken to X on multiple occasions to criticize the film, which in his opinion "desecrated" the story.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

One middle-aged American man wore a cream dinner jacket to be desecrated as a souvenir.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

“That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in that way,” Harris said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024

The desecrated poster had been removed and the wall scrubbed clean.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

A US Supreme Court decision has ruled that burning the US national flag is protected under the First Amendment, invalidating state laws against desecrating the Stars and Stripes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

If they were concerned at all about us desecrating the image of Shrek, we certainly did not feel that way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Castillo, 43, was sentenced to nine years for contempt, assault, public disorder and desecrating national symbols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

That finding strengthened the case against the cemetery workers, who were ultimately convicted in 2015 of desecrating human remains.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

Then she gave me a toss of her head and marched off to the SIM to collect what-ever her charge was for desecrating.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez