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Profane, defile (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desecrate

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">profane</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that profane can be written as desecrate)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">defile</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for desecrate that I've seen before include "Spoil" , "Violate the sacred" , "Secreted a means to treat something sacred with disrespect" , "Profane" , "Treat (something sacred) with great disrespect" .)

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