desecration

noun
🔊/ˌdesɪˈkreɪʃn/
🔊/ˌdesɪˈkreɪʃn/
[uncountable]
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  1. the act of damaging a holy thing or place or treating it without respect亵渎(圣物或圣地)
    • the desecration of a cemetery亵渎墓地
    • (figurative) the desecration of the countryside by new roads新公路糟蹋了乡村