to remove the sacred qualities or status ofhoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house

• evokes
• evoking
• evolution
• evolutions
• making away with
• making believe
• making common cause
• making do
• making ducks and drakes of
• making ends meet
• making eyes
• making eyes (at)
• making faces
• making fun of
• making game of
• making good
• making good on
• making it
• making it (through)
• making love
• making much of
• making off with
• making one's flesh crawl
• making one's flesh creep
• making one's mark