desecration

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• US: /dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/
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• US: /dɛ.səˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/
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• US: /dɛ.zəˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH0 S AH0 K R EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D EH0 Z AH0 K R EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ርክሰት (rəksät) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Armenian: սրբապղծություն (srbapġcutʻyun) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Belarusian: апага́ненне (apahánjennje) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Bulgarian: оскверня́ване (oskvernjávane) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Catalan: profanació — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Chinese Mandarin: 褻瀆 /亵渎 (xièdú) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Chinese Mandarin: 污辱 (wūrǔ) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Danish: vanhelligelse — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Dutch: heiligschennis — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Dutch: ontheiliging — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Finnish: häpäisy — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Finnish: häväistys — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Finnish: häpäiseminen — act of disrespect towards sacred
• French: profanation — act of disrespect towards sacred
• German: Profanierung — act of disrespect towards sacred
• German: Profanation — act of disrespect towards sacred
• German: Entheiligung — act of disrespect towards sacred
• German: Schändung — act of disrespect towards sacred
• German: Entweihung — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Greek: βεβήλωση (vevílosi) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Hebrew: חילול \ חִלּוּל (ḥilúl) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Hungarian: megszentségtelenítés — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Indonesian: desekrasi — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Italian: dissacrazione — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Japanese: 冒涜 (bōtoku) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Māori: whakapokenga — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Middle English: pollucion — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Polish: zbezczeszczenie — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Polish: profanacja — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Portuguese: profanação — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Romanian: profanare — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Russian: оскверне́ние (oskvernénije) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Russian: профана́ция (profanácija) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Russian: надруга́тельство (nadrugátelʹstvo) — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-choisrigeadh — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Spanish: profanación — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Swedish: skändning — act of disrespect towards sacred
• Ukrainian: профана́ція (profanácija) — act of disrespect towards sacred