desecration
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The word desecrate — to violate something sacred — was in the news as a result of an unsubstantiated Newsweek report in May 2005 that interrogators at the US naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tried to make terror suspects talk by desecrating the holy book of Islam, the Koran. The report sparked deadly violence in Afghanistan.
Link: Newsweek Retracts Story on Quran Abuse
Posted May 17, 2005.
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desecration
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- An act of disrespect or impiety toward something regarded as sacred: blasphemy, profanation, sacrilege, violation. See sacred/profane.
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desecration
IN BRIEF: n. - Blasphemous behavior.
Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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