deconsecrate
verbUK /diːˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/
Etymology From de- + consecrate.
1
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.
- Synonyms
- disconsecrate, exaugurate
- Antonyms
- consecrate
- Hypernyms
- secularize, profane