desecrated

• The great Claudian family was desecrated, and there was no one so ignorant as not to know that the purpose intended was that of entering the Tribunate by a fraud. —  Life of Cicero
• "For our flag to be desecrated is an insult to our national pride and heritage, and in particular, our veterans who fought and died under our flag." —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
• Over 50 synagogues in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City were either destroyed or desecrated, and hundreds of tombstones in the most important Jewish cemetery in the world on the Mount of Olives were desecrated and smashed. —  IMRA Middle East News Updates
• No doubt, police complaints have since been filed; faithful Jews have cleaned up the desecrated area and stripped the windows of enemy pennants. —  Israel Hasbara Committee
• (IsraelNN. com) Hundreds of worshippers who entered Joseph's Tomb on Wednesday night were shocked to see the holy site desecrated, apparently by Arab residents of Shechem.

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