deconsecrate

de·con·se·crate  (d-kns-krt)

tr.v. de·con·se·crat·ed, de·con·se·crat·ing, de·con·se·crates

To make (a church, synagogue, or temple, for example) no longer consecrated.

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de·conse·cration n.

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Verb

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deconsecrate - remove the consecration from a person or an object unhallow, desecrate change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"