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To: rintense

‘Desecration’ isn’t the word they want to use here.


30 posted on 06/25/2009 7:08:37 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Ted Grant
desecrate

One entry found.

Main Entry: des·e·crate

Pronunciation: \ˈde-si-ˌkrāt\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): des·e·crat·ed; des·e·crat·ing Etymology: de- + -secrate (as in consecrate) Date: 1675

1 : to violate the sanctity of : profane

2 : to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously (the kind of shore development…that has desecrated so many waterfronts — John Fischer)

34 posted on 06/25/2009 7:13:33 AM PDT by free me (Sarah Palin 2012!)
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