deconsecrate
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Etymology edit
de- + consecrate
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deconsecrate (third-person singular simple present deconsecrates, present participle deconsecrating, simple past and past participle deconsecrated)
- To remove the holy or sacred status of a place
- The ancient Romans deconsecrated city walls with a plow, undoing the rituals that first established their course.