desacralise BrE
desacralize AmE

His stated intention was to desacralize the painting by making it into a mass-reproducible object.

When he finished, the Prophet asked him to circumambulate the holy sanctuary and then to desacralize himself like the rest.

He then announced to the Pilgrims that whoever did not have an animal to sacrifice should now desacralize himself and bring his pilgrimage ritual to a close.

To defend the Commandments as a historical or legal document is "to desacralize a sacred text, to rip it out of context and distort its meaning and significance," he said.

In an effort to desacralize the holy city of Ambohimanga, the French colonial authority transferred all the royal remains from their original tombs to those at the Rova of Antananarivo originally built for Radama I and Rasoherina; Andrianampoinimerina's remains were placed within the tomb of his son, Radama.