desecrate

Verb

• remove the consecration from a person or an object

• violate the sacred character of a place or language
  • desecrate a cemetery
    
  • violate the sanctity of the church
    
  • profane the name of God
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  unhallow , deconsecrate , profane , outrage , violate
• Antonyms: 
  consecrate , bless , hallow , sanctify