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DENATURALISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship
Example:
The former Nazi was denaturalized
Synonyms:
denaturalise; denaturalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "denaturalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make less natural or unnatural
Synonyms:
denaturalise; denaturalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "denaturalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something