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blaspheme

verb

blas-ˈfēm

Definition of blaspheme

as in to swear

to use offensive or indecent language shocked that someone would blaspheme in church, of all places

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Recent Examples of blaspheme Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh? — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024 How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation? — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 China banned the ad for insulting national dignity and blaspheming traditional culture. — Dr. Shan Nair, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026 In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam. — New York Times, 4 May 2020 Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures. — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023 For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons. — John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025

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Social media videos show drivers aghast at the lines or swearing at empty gas pumps and rising prices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
There were even Colombian fans with yellow and red split shirts, who swore allegiance to their beloved Colombia, but wanted to pay their respect to one of the legends of the game.

— Sergio Gonzalez, New York Times, 28 June 2026

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