Noun
The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDesecration is the smile on my face. Anthony Kiedis
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration. Atom Egoyan
I always felt mean, jogging back over the logging road, As if I had broken the natural order of things in that swampland; Disturbed some rhythm, old and of vast importance, By pulling off flesh from the living planet; As if I had committed, against the whole scheme of life, a desecration. Theodore Roethke
I shall create! If not a note, a hole./If not an overture, a desecration. Gwendolyn Brooks
Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag. Larry Craig
I hope, Mr. President, that we can pass a law that criminalizes flag burning and desecration. Hillary Clinton