The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEFILE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2004.
Desecrate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFILE | 33 % | 6 |
| UNHALLOW | 17 % | 8 |
| VIOLATE | 17 % | 7 |
| PROFANE | 17 % | 7 |
| POLLUTE | 17 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Desecrate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- profane
- violate
- outrage
- deconsecrate
- desecration
- desecrators
- desecrations
- defile
- defiling
- despoil
- mutilate
- destroy
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFILE verb- To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.
- To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate
- To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape
- A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
- A single file, such as of soldiers.
- The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
- To march in a single file; to file.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DEFILE
- Narrow mountain pass
- Contaminate
- Make dirty
- Besmirch
- Pollute
- Sully
- Taint
- Sully, as a reputation
- Tarnish, as a reputation
- Dirty
More clues leading to the result UNHALLOW
More clues leading to the result VIOLATE
- Breach
- Go against
- Break, as a rule
- Act in disregard of
- Break, as laws
- Transgress
- Break, as a law
- Transgress.
- Desecrate.
- Break, as a law.
More clues leading to the result PROFANE
- Crass
- Censorable
- Using four-letter words
- Talking a blue streak?
- Hardly G-rated
- Irreligious
- Salty
- Obscene
- Unholy.
- Irreverent.