[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of treating something sacred or solemn in a sacrilegious or disrespectful way:Many locals opposed the use of their former church building as a courthouse, feeling that conducting civil matters there would be a desecration of a holy place.", "the act of ruining or violating something revered or greatly valued:Greedy corporations are contributing to the demise of civilization and the desecration of the ecosystem."]}]